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  One does not like to be told that one is naturally the inferior of a little man -- I looked at the student next to me -- who breathes hard, wears a ready-made tie, and has not shaved this fortnight. One has certain foolish vanities.

tagged: sexism, inferiority, misogyny, women, men
  —Virginia Woolf (20th century English feminist writer), A Room of One's Own, p. 32.

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unwillingly part of the rich people’s zeitgeist

Sunday, September 21st, 2008 9:53 am

Damn you, rich people who own really giant homes. I have been designing libraries for my dream home since I was, like, ten — and now I find out that the home library is now trendy among the wealthier folks. Who, natch, like them for décor.

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