You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Maya Angelou

Still I Rise

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Topic

Resilience Inner strength

Author

Maya Angelou

Source

Still I Rise

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Black poet Poet Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Angelou, Maya. "And Still I Rise." 1978.

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Women's Liberation calls it enslavement but the real truth about the sexual revolution is that it has made of sex an almost chaotically limitless and therefore unmanageable realm in the life of women.

Midge Decter

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Topic
Sexual revolution Men and women

Author

Midge Decter
Language
English
Time
1972 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Decter, Midge. The New Chastity and Other Arguments Against Women's Liberation. Coward McCann & Geoghegan, 1972, pt. 2, ch. 2