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angrychair

(9,900 posts)
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:58 PM Jan 2018

Strong, Independent and Intelligent

Fascinating story about the world we find ourselves in: one of conflict, irreconcilable differences and most importantly, hope for our future.

Young, progressive women like Lily have spent the last year adjusting to a world in which a man they believe to be a misogynist holds the highest office, and their male parent helped put him there



https://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/shes-17-and-wants-to-be-a-politician-her-dad-says-he-wont?utm_term=.hee00K2lZa#.wm7WW4Kop3
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Strong, Independent and Intelligent (Original Post) angrychair Jan 2018 OP
Good article, well worth reading. PatrickforO Jan 2018 #1

PatrickforO

(15,126 posts)
1. Good article, well worth reading.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:20 PM
Jan 2018

The comments underneath are also interesting, including some that take us a bit out of our comfort zone.

None of my daughters will run for political office, at least not now, but I'd love it if my granddaughters ran for office.

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