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Weronika Łaszkiewicz has written that "Tolkien's heroines have been both praised and severely criticized", [2] and that his fictional women have an ambiguous image, of "both passivity and empowerment". [2] J. R. R. Tolkien spent much of his life in an all-male environment, and had conservative views about women, prompting discussion of ...
In "A Poem For Women in Rage", Lorde describes hatred being launched at her by a white woman, and the dilemma of whether or not to respond with violence. Through fury and rage, Lorde confronts the issues between white and Black women—fear and love—and how, "I am weeping to learn the name of those streets my feet have worn thin with running ...
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
"Where there's a whip there's a will": Orcs driving a Hobbit across the plains of Rohan. Scraperboard illustration by Alexander Korotich, 1995 . The author J. R. R. Tolkien uses many proverbs in The Lord of the Rings to create a feeling that the world of Middle-earth is both familiar and solid, and to give a sense of the different cultures of the Hobbits, Men, Elves, and Dwarves who populate it.
“Women’s work is never easy, never clean.” ― Tayari Jones, "An American Marriage" “You don’t know the background story of resilience, struggles and strength of beautiful and outgoing ...
"Women need to see other women do well. It empowers them. We in athletics can help be a face of change and be a force. That's the responsibility of all of us."
John Magoun has said that the work embodies what he calls a moral geography, namely that the West of Middle-earth is good and the East is evil. In his personal life, Tolkien strongly opposed Nazi racial theories, as seen in a 1938 letter he wrote to his publisher. In the Second World War he vigorously opposed anti-German propaganda.
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