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One life rapinoe6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() One theme that carries through the book is her focus on activism, in women's equality and on LGBTQ rights and racial issues. Arms out wide, claim your space." To put in the work ![]() She continues: "You can share, and help, and be part of your community and also stand tall and enjoy your success. Who are discouraged from owning their victories or even seeking them out in the first place." who are told to be grateful, uncomplaining. She explains in the book that her attention-grabbing "I deserve this" remark while celebrating her 2019 World Cup win against the Netherlands was her "speaking for women who are told to be selfless, invisible, meek to accept less money, less respect. Rapinoe, through her confidence in everything from last-minute purple hair to fighting for equal pay (which included appealing a judge's rejection of Rapinoe's team’s pay equity claims in May), acts as an example for other women to be unapologetically themselves. ![]() ![]() Rapinoe's " signature pose" from the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is synonymous with the feeling we got when finishing this book: heart full, arms wide and ready to take up space in this world. ![]()
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