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— Alison Assiter"The subject of feminism cannot be purely a fiction, as some postmodern writers suggest, produced by the discourses of power."
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Using the passive voice is always very helpful. Mind you, a lot of that propaganda English emanates from here. The British establishment has always used the passive voice. It's been a weapon of discourse so those who committed terrible acts in the old empire could not be identified.
— John Pilger
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I think the reporter or journalist is well served by having a responsibility to the powerless, to use a much-abused cliché. The voice of the powerless is in some danger of not being heard in the elite discourses we now have in the mainstream media.
— Pankaj Mishra
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