[DeepL Translation - needs review] 'With the girl in the faraway land pictured here.
We are the same.
Yes, we are the discriminated ones.
It's hard to admit, but the more I learn about the facts
The more I know the facts, the more power I have to break through it. and the more I learn about it, the more I feel empowered.
Mariko Yamauchi, writer
"I feel ashamed of this world, and it's a shameful thing.
But it's even more shameful not to know.
I won't stop turning the pages.
I will not be defe...
This is a lovely series of five vignettes about 10-year-old girls in five countries, all centered around the idea of the cultural limitations imposed on girls and women (mostly but not entirely with regard to education). It's fairly basic feminism - but that doesn't stop the stories from being interesting, and those ideas like 'it's okay for women to not be married' and 'girls should go to school' are still things that need to be fought for.
The stories mostly feature the girls running into the