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By meowitselizabeth PLATINUM
Fletcher, North Carolina

You can look at the situation any way you want, but the results are the same. Feminists are one of the most stereotyped activist groups in the world. When I think to myself how peo...
meowitselizabeth PLATINUM, Fletcher, North Carolina
21 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't be delicate; be vast and brilliant.


meowitselizabeth PLATINUM, Fletcher, North Carolina
21 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't be delicate; be vast and brilliant.

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Tanner_J_Smith BRONZE, Oro Valley, Arizona
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By Warley GOLD
LONG ISLAND CITY, New York
Warley GOLD, LONG ISLAND CITY, New York
11 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't be afraid to show the world who you really are.

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By sam_101 BRONZE
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athenathepixie SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
5 articles 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." -Victor Hugo

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By AshhKel BRONZE
Brooklyn, New York
AshhKel BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
4 articles 0 photos 10 comments

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"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone." - Ronald Reagan

Ellie_Bera BRONZE, Vacoas, Other
2 articles 1 photo 4 comments

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“Growing up, I slowly had this process of realizing that all of these things around me that people had told me were just the natural way things were and the way things always would be weren’t natural at all. They were things that could be changed and they were things that, more importantly, were wrong and should change. And once I realized that, there was really no going back.” Aaron Swartz

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ssaammaanntthha SILVER, Garden City, Michigan
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.”

CarrieSElam PLATINUM, West Liberty, Kentucky
24 articles 0 photos 4 comments

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" When you Grow Up, Your Heart Dies."- Ally Sheedy ( The Breakfast Club, 1985)

“And in the end, we were all just humans.. drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.”

"Groovy Like a Drive In movie"