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Lindy West quotes: Misogyny is explicitly, visibly incentivized and rewarded. You can watch it self-perpetuate in front of your eyes. I

Misogyny is explicitly, visibly incentivized and rewarded. You can watch it self-perpetuate in front of your eyes. I

Lindy West quotes: Like most fat people who've been lectured about diet and exercise since childhood, I actually know an inordinate amount about nutrition and fitness.

Like most fat people who've been lectured about diet and exercise since childhood, I actually know an inordinate amount about nutrition and fitness.

Lindy West quotes: Willpower is real, but it needs the right conditions to thrive.

Willpower is real, but it needs the right conditions to thrive.

Lindy West quotes: We were just so bad at being together. He felt as guilty as I felt pathetic, and it made us closer, for a while.

We were just so bad at being together. He felt as guilty as I felt pathetic, and it made us closer, for a while.

Lindy West quotes: You have to swallow, every day, that you are a secondary being whose worth is measured by an arbitrary, impossible standard, administered

You have to swallow, every day, that you are a secondary being whose worth is measured by an arbitrary, impossible standard, administered

Lindy West quotes: my body, my work, my voice, my confidence, my power, my determination to demand a life as potent, vibrant, public, and complex as any man's.

my body, my work, my voice, my confidence, my power, my determination to demand a life as potent, vibrant, public, and complex as any man's.

Lindy West quotes: but they tell you that if you hate yourself hard enough, you can grab just a tail feather or two of perfection.

but they tell you that if you hate yourself hard enough, you can grab just a tail feather or two of perfection.

Lindy West quotes: The fact that abortion is still a taboo subject means that opponents of abortion get to define it however suits them best.

The fact that abortion is still a taboo subject means that opponents of abortion get to define it however suits them best.

Lindy West quotes: Loving yourself is not antithetical to health, it is intrinsic to health. You can't take good care of a thing you hate.

Loving yourself is not antithetical to health, it is intrinsic to health. You can't take good care of a thing you hate.

Maybe women would finally be considered fully formed human beings, instead of off-brand men with defective genitals. Maybe

Lindy West quotes: We're all building our world, right now, in real time. Let's build it better.

We're all building our world, right now, in real time. Let's build it better.

Lindy West quotes: In a certain light, feminism is just the long, slow realization that the stuff you love hates you

In a certain light, feminism is just the long, slow realization that the stuff you love hates you

Lindy West quotes: Aham and I weren't getting back together-we swore we weren't, we couldn't-but when I wasn't looking, he had become my family anyway.

Aham and I weren't getting back together-we swore we weren't, we couldn't-but when I wasn't looking, he had become my family anyway.

Lindy West quotes: In the omnidirectional orgy gardens of Vlaxnoid 7, no one cares about your arm flab.

In the omnidirectional orgy gardens of Vlaxnoid 7, no one cares about your arm flab.

Lindy West quotes: Real change is slow, hard, and imperceptible.

Real change is slow, hard, and imperceptible.

Lindy West quotes: The active ingredient in period stigma is misogyny.

The active ingredient in period stigma is misogyny.

Lindy West quotes: It's hard to feel hurt or frightened when you're flooded with pity.

It's hard to feel hurt or frightened when you're flooded with pity.

Lindy West quotes: I don't have to justify its awesomeness/activeness/healthiness/usefulness to anyone, because it is MINE. Not yours.

I don't have to justify its awesomeness/activeness/healthiness/usefulness to anyone, because it is MINE. Not yours.

Lindy West quotes: I sometimes think of people's personalities as the negative space around their insecurities.

I sometimes think of people's personalities as the negative space around their insecurities.

Lindy West quotes: You only have to look back five years to see a different world, and, by extension, tangible proof that culture is ours to shape, if we try. Obviously

You only have to look back five years to see a different world, and, by extension, tangible proof that culture is ours to shape, if we try. Obviously

Lindy West quotes: We only get one life. Wasting someone's time is the subtlest form of murder.

We only get one life. Wasting someone's time is the subtlest form of murder.

Lindy West quotes: I had waited so long for someone to pick me. And then he changed his mind. I

I had waited so long for someone to pick me. And then he changed his mind. I

Lindy West quotes: Just live! Live now! Don't wait, and don't let anyone tell you that you're a work in progress.

Just live! Live now! Don't wait, and don't let anyone tell you that you're a work in progress.

Lindy West quotes: The real scam is that being bones isn't enough either. The game is rigged. There is no perfection.

The real scam is that being bones isn't enough either. The game is rigged. There is no perfection.

Lindy West quotes: [He] made me feel lonely, and being alone with another person is much worse than being alone all by yourself.

[He] made me feel lonely, and being alone with another person is much worse than being alone all by yourself.