Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step.
ADORA SVITAKBut also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age.
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I would say that kids are great in many ways.
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Maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.
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Rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.
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So in that respect I could be called one, although I don’t think I’ll go off the rails.
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We often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.
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The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make ‘big miracles’ happen.
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Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.
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In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.
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It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
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I realise I’m still a child, though I do feel older.
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And to teach you something about what we know.
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But I think it’s very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.
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Because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to ‘this costs too much’ or ‘that’s impossible.’
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Where no girl is denied access to education, for instance.
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