Second, no movement could possibly tame the great wild lions of love, lust, and luck. Feminists fought for respect and equality: they never promised a perfect world, where nonbelching princes would gallop up at exactly the right time and impregnate us. They told us to be wary of fairy tales, and not to spend our lives waiting for them to come true. It doesn’t mean you have to “settle,” or give up on love. Some things are still worth dreaming about.

“The Case Against Settling” [Newsweek] (via sarakatherine)


Julia Baird is really great in this

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