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In My Own Case, I Had To Train Myself Out Of That Phony Smile, Which Is Like A Nervous Tic On Every Teenage Girl. And This Meant That I Smiled Rarely, For In Truth, When It Came Down To Real Smiling, I Had Less To Smile About. My 'dream' Action For The Women's Liberation Movement: A Smile Boycott, At Which Declaration All Women Would Instantly Abandon Their 'pleasing' Smiles, Henceforth Smiling Only When Something Pleased Them.
-Shulamith Firestone
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In My Own Case, I Had To

Shulamith Firestone
In My Own Case, I Had To Train Myself Out Of That Phony Smile, Which Is Like A Nervous Tic On Every Teenage Girl. And This Meant That I Smiled Rarely, For In Truth, When It Came Down To Real Smiling, I Had Less To Smile About. My 'dream' Action For The Women's Liberation Movement: A Smile Boycott, At Which Declaration All Women Would Instantly Abandon Their 'pleasing' Smiles, Henceforth Smiling Only When Something Pleased Them.
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