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Book: Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Quotes of Book: Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist
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  1. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie _ Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist

    Teach her to question language. Language is the repository of our prejudices, our beliefs, our assumptions.
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  2. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie _ Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist

    If she likes makeup, let her wear it. If she likes fashion, let her dress up. But if she doesn't like either, let her be. Don't think that raising her feminist means forcing her to reject femininity. Feminism and femininity are not mutually exclusive.
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  3. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie _ Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist

    People will selectively use "tradition" to justify anything.
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  4. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie _ Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist

    Because you are a girl" is never a reason for anything. Ever.
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  5. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie _ Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist

    Your feminist premise should be: I matter. I matter equally. Not "if only." Not "as long as." I matter equally. Full stop.
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  6. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie _ Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist

    Teach her that if you criticize X in women but do not criticize X in men, then you do not have a problem with X, you have a problem with women.
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