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From the Ted Talk by Jude Kelly: Why women should tell the stories of humanity

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It is a great story, but it is a story about male coifclnt, male dilemma, male srgtglue. But I was told this was the sroty of human beings, despite the fact that it only had two women in it. And unless I reeducate myself, I am always going to think that women's stories matter less than men's. A woman could have written "Hamlet," but she would have written it differently, and it wouldn't have had global recognition. As the writer Margaret Atwood says, "When a man writes about doing the deishs, it's realism. When a wamon writes about doing it, it's an unfortunate genetic disposition."

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It is a great story, but it is a story about male ________, male dilemma, male ________. But I was told this was the _____ of human beings, despite the fact that it only had two women in it. And unless I reeducate myself, I am always going to think that women's stories matter less than men's. A woman could have written "Hamlet," but she would have written it differently, and it wouldn't have had global recognition. As the writer Margaret Atwood says, "When a man writes about doing the ______, it's realism. When a _____ writes about doing it, it's an unfortunate genetic disposition."

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  1. woman
  2. conflict
  3. laughter
  4. struggle
  5. dishes
  6. story

Original Text


(Laughter)

It is a great story, but it is a story about male conflict, male dilemma, male struggle. But I was told this was the story of human beings, despite the fact that it only had two women in it. And unless I reeducate myself, I am always going to think that women's stories matter less than men's. A woman could have written "Hamlet," but she would have written it differently, and it wouldn't have had global recognition. As the writer Margaret Atwood says, "When a man writes about doing the dishes, it's realism. When a woman writes about doing it, it's an unfortunate genetic disposition."

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