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Thought for the Day Little girls are....

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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.


Margaret Atwood

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I always thought this was a very mean nursery rhyme, even when I was a little girl

Sugar and spice
And all things nice
That's what little girls are made of
Frogs and snails
And puppy dog tails
That's what little boys are made of

Unjust, mean and.... SEXIST

We know how vicious girls can be. Of course they can. They're just people. About power, innit. Some folk like to play with it. They need other folk to tell them where to shove it.
 

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