âWomen talk ourselves into needing less, because weâre not supposed to want moreâor because we know we wonât get more, and we donât want to feel unsatisfied. We reduce our needs for food, for space, for respect, for help, for love and affection, for being noticed, according to what we think weâre allowed to have. Sometimes we tell ourselves that we can live without it, even that we donât want it. But itâs not that we donât want more. Itâs that we donât want to be seen asking for it. And when it comes to romance, women always, always need to ask.â
â Hunger Makes Me, Jess Zimmerman






























