“I was called "fas'" my entire life. "She too fas'!" is a refrain, pregnant with disdain, that shoots out of the mouths of women instead of loving girls, instead of nurturing us, teaching us. These refrains become a noose that is thrown at the first sign of a girl's intellect, that tightens itself around her neck the older she grows. If she learns not to silence herself the women around her will. This is what being complicit in the patriarchy demands.”