One of my favorite features on Beyonce's game changing new album is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Her rousing feminist speech is sampled on "Flawless." The excerpt below:
“We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smallerWe say to girls – you can have ambition, but not too muchYou should aim to be successful but not too successful otherwise you will threaten the manBecause I am female I am expected to aspire to marriageI am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most importantA marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual supportBut why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same?We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or for accomplishments,Which I think can be a good thingBut for the attention of menWe teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys areFeminist: A person who believes in the economic, social and political equality of the sexes.”
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