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| 2dd7b14 | "Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness", "joy", or "regret". Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that is oversimplifies feeling. I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions." | words patriarchal language | Jeffrey Eugenides | |
| 6654f27 | If it's not clear enough in the piece, I love it when people things to me they know and I'm interested in but don't yet know. It's when they explain things to me I know and they don't that the conversation goes awry. | mansplain patriarchal mansplaining patriarchy ignorance | Rebecca Solnit |