Her teacher, Mrs. Calcagni, who Shirley characterized to her friends as an “Uncle Tom in womanface,” hated girls who, in her view, “tried to be smarter than everybody,” which meant smarter than the boys, too.
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Womanface
//ˈwʊ.mənˌfeɪs//
Synonyms for "womanface"
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“Molly's people found, well, I don't know what you'd call it—a hive, let's say, of male prostitutes in womanface. But that's not why I called you here.” She flipped the page and smoothed it down gently. “I want you in Raymond tomorrow[…]
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Blackface is racist. White people performing racist stereotypes of black or native peoples does nothing to challenge racism; it elevates it. Womanface is sexist. Men performing sexist stereotypes of women from any culture does nothing to challenge sexism; it elevates it.
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The 15-second video was about as inoffensive as a corporate beauty campaign can get. But transphobes still managed to lose their minds, accusing Mulvaney of doing “womanface.”
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