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It becomes dangerous for somebody who doesn't want their boss to know their sexual preference to use online networks to push for laws supporting gay marriage or same-sex partner rights if they can't do so with a pseudonym.


Rebecca MacKinnon

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REBECCA TRAISTER I've become really good at turning down the boring, pretty girl roles, the trophy wife, supermod...
REBECCA ROMIJN There are people all over the world who like to write fan letters in the voice of their pet: 'He...
REBECCA HALL Shopping is a bit of a relaxing hobby for me, which is sometimes troubling for the bank balance.
REBECCA HALL It's a controversial issue: many feminists reasonably worry that by taking the concentration off...
REBECCA TRAISTER I am not trying to give an image of a fairytale, perfect, everything else, I am just being myself.
REBECCA LOOS 'Friday' is about hanging out with friends, having fun. I felt like it was my personality in...
REBECCA BLACK Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, a...
REBECCA SOLNIT When you talk to an author - to any artist, really - you learn something about how they do what they...
REBECCA MAKKAI Sometimes I'm so tired, I look down at what I'm wearing, and if it's comfortable enough ...
REBECCA ROMIJN Don't get me wrong - I love London, and still have an apartment there.
REBECCA LOOS I wanted to step forward and be on TV and for people to see who I really was.
REBECCA LOOS I'm a new mum who spends her days making baby food and cooking for her man. And I couldn't b...
REBECCA LOOS I wanted control over what was said and what was not said, rather than holding my head down in shame...
REBECCA LOOS I was reading so much about myself in the papers that was not me.
REBECCA LOOS I did not know what my future was going to hold.
REBECCA LOOS I am utterly in love with my son and my boyfriend and live in the most magical place on Earth. I'...
REBECCA LOOS As a writer, I am not goddess of the universes I create. I am at most a stage manager of the plentif...
REBECCA WELLS Some of my acting heroes have built careers on playing characters who do horrendous things - they...
REBECCA HALL Since 'Christine' started screening, I'm overwhelmed by the response from women and men ...
REBECCA HALL I really think that 'Christine' is one in a million in terms of independent or studio.
REBECCA HALL These days we have Smartphones, Smartcars, Smartboards, Smarteverything, but consider this: if techn...
REBECCA MCNUTT The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany.
REBECCA SOLNIT I like walking because it is slow, and I suspect that the mind, like the feet, works at about three ...
REBECCA SOLNIT I don't think that anyone can really understand anything until it's understood on a cellular...
REBECCA HALL I definitely got my philanthropic genes from my mom and dad. They taught me from a very early age to...
REBECCA GAYHEART An airplane should never lean too much to the left or the right, because it puts every passenger int...
REBECCA MCNUTT