novazembla:

But this:
You do not have to be spoken for, if you speak.

which to be fair may well be a throwaway line she came up with just as she was slamming her head against the keyboard and willing the goddamn piece to come to some sort of meaningful conclusion already, is bullshit.

Make your own media! Be your own model of femininity! Your voice can totally be louder than a sitcom, a million sitcoms, each playing an eerily similar song and each backed with the full force of a network and its parent company and scores of billion-dollar advertisers! You just have to want it enough.

You guys ever heard this idea before? Anyone have any word about whether or not it usually, like, works? For women? Asking for myself, since using my voice is so important.