End this war in my lifetime.

"Most women fight wars on two fronts, one for whatever the putative topic is and one simply for the right to speak, to have ideas, to be acknowledged to be in possession of facts and truths, to have value, to be a human being.  Things have gotten better, but this war won't end in my lifetime."  

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"Men Explain Things to Me"

Rebecca Solnit

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