“… a box where she was expected to be sweet and sensitive (but not oversensitive); a box for young and pretty girls who were not as bright or powerful as their boyfriends. A box for people who were not forces to be reckoned with.”

—  E. Lockhart , book The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Source: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

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