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I think what happened to me was that I was always being taught to look, but one day I started to see. And it was because a lot of women in my life were refusing just to be looked at, to be this passive figure.
Junot Diaz
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Junot Diaz
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 31
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
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I sat down next to her. Took her hand. This can work, I said. All we have to do is try.
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People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong.
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Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.
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She had reason to doubt him he was real good at planning but real bad at doing.
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