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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." language patriarchal words 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. ignorance mansplain mansplaining patriarchal patriarchy Rebecca Solnit