“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“Growing up is about aiming to succeed wildly and being fulfilled by failing really well.”
— Courtney E. Martin
Courtney Martin: Reinventing feminism
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“The mainstream media often paints my generation as apathetic, and I think it’s much more accurate to say we are deeply overwhelmed.”
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Courtney Martin: Reinventing feminism
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“We walk across graduation stages, high on our overblown expectations, and when we float back down to Earth, we realize we don’t know what the heck it means to actually save the world anyway.”
— Courtney E. Martin
Courtney Martin: Reinventing feminism
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