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Courtney E. Martin: This isn't her mother's feminism
Courtney Martin: Preporod feminizma
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Blogerica Courtney Martin ispituje vječno varljivu riječ "feminizam" u ovom osobnom i iskrenom predavanju. Raspravlja o tri osnovna paradoksa na koje je njezina generacija naišla u pokušaju definiranja samog termina.
Courtney E. Martin - Journalist
Courtney E. Martin’s work has two obsessions at its core: storytelling and solutions. Full bio
Courtney E. Martin’s work has two obsessions at its core: storytelling and solutions. Full bio
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So I was born
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Rodila sam se
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on the last day
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zadnjeg dana
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of the last year of the '70s.
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zadnje godine sedamdestih.
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I was raised on "Free to be you and me" --
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Odgojena sam u duhu projekta "Slobodni da budemo...i ja i ti",
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(cheering)
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(Poklici iz publike)
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hip-hop --
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na hip-hopu,
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not as many woohoos for hip-hop in the house.
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ne čujem toliko ovacija za hip hop.
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Thank you. Thank you for hip-hop --
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Hvala vam. Hvala vam na hip-hopu
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and Anita Hill.
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i Aniti Hill.
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(Cheering)
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(Poklici iz publike)
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My parents were radicals --
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Moji roditelji su bili radikali --
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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who became,
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koji su postali
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well, grown-ups.
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pa, odrasli.
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My dad facetiously says,
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Moj otac je znao reći u šali,
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"We wanted to save the world,
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"Htjeli smo spasiti svijet,
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and instead we just got rich."
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i umjesto toga smo se obogatili."
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We actually just got "middle class"
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Srednja klasa je tek nedavno nastala
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in Colorado Springs, Colorado,
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u Colorado Springsu, Colorado,
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but you get the picture.
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ali shvaćate o čemu je riječ.
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I was raised with a very heavy sense
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Odgojena sam sa snažnim osjećajem
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of unfinished legacy.
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nedovršenog naslijeđa.
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At this ripe old age of 30,
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Sa svojih zrelih 30 godina
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I've been thinking a lot about what it means to grow up
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puno sam razmišljala o značenju odrastanja
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in this horrible, beautiful time,
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u ovom strašnom predivnom vremenu.
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and I've decided, for me,
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I odlučila sam da je, za mene,
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it's been a real journey and paradox.
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to bilo pravo putovanje i paradoks.
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The first paradox
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Prvi paradoks je
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is that growing up is about rejecting the past
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odrastanje u kojem prvo odbacujemo prošlost,
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and then promptly reclaiming it.
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a zatim ju brzo ponovno prihvaćamo.
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Feminism was the water I grew up in.
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Feminizam je bio plodno tlo moga odgoja.
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When I was just a little girl,
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Kad sam bila djevojčica,
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my mom started what is now
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moja majka je osnovala danas
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the longest-running women's film festival in the world.
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najdugovječniji ženski filmski festival na svijetu.
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So while other kids were watching sitcoms and cartoons,
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Dok su ostala djeca gledala serije i crtiće,
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I was watching very esoteric documentaries
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ja sam gledala ezoterične dokumentarce
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made by and about women.
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koje su napravile žene o ženama.
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You can see how this had an influence.
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Shvaćate kakav je to utjecaj imalo na mene.
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But she was not the only feminist in the house.
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Ali ona nije bila jedina feministkinja u našoj kući.
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My dad actually resigned
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Moj otac je istupio
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from the male-only business club in my hometown
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iz muškog poslovnog kluba u mojem gradu
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because he said he would never be part of an organization
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jer nije htio biti dio organizacije
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that would one day welcome his son, but not his daughter.
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koja će jednog dana prihvatiti njegovog sina, ali ne i kćer.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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He's actually here today.
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Danas je s nama.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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The trick here
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Stvar je u tome
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is my brother would become an experimental poet,
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da je moj brat postao eksperimentalni pjesnik,
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not a businessman,
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a ne poslovni čovjek,
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but the intention was really good.
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ali namjera je bila dobra.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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In any case, I didn't readily claim the feminist label,
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U svakom slučaju, nisam objeručke prihvatila etiketu feministkinje,
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even though it was all around me,
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iako je feminizam bio svuda oko mene,
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because I associated it with my mom's women's groups,
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jer sam ga povezivala sa ženskim grupama moje majke,
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her swishy skirts and her shoulder pads --
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s njezinim šuškavim suknjama i jastučićima za ramena
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none of which had much cachet
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koji nisu bili baš popularni
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in the hallways of Palmer High School
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u hodnicima srednje škole Palmer
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where I was trying to be cool at the time.
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gdje sam u to vrijeme pokušavala biti kul.
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But I suspected there was something really important
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Ali znala sam da postoji nešto prilično važno
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about this whole feminism thing,
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oko cijele te feminističke priče,
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so I started covertly tiptoeing into my mom's bookshelves
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pa sam počela tajno pretraživati police moje majke,
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and picking books off and reading them --
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birala knjige i čitala ih,
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never, of course, admitting that I was doing so.
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nikad, naravno, ne priznajući da to radim.
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I didn't actually claim the feminist label
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Nisam se nazivala feministkinjom
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until I went to Barnard College
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dok nisam krenula na sveučilište Barnard
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and I heard Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumgardner speak for the first time.
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i prvi put čula predavanja Amy Richards i Jennifer Baumgardner.
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They were the co-authors of a book called "Manifesta."
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One su koautorice knjige "Manifesta".
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So what very profound epiphany, you might ask,
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Mogli bi se zapitati, kakvo je to prosvjetljenje
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was responsible for my feminist click moment?
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bilo zaslužno za aktiviranje feminizma u meni?
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Fishnet stockings.
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Mrežaste čarape.
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Jennifer Baumgardner was wearing them.
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Jennifer Baumgardner ih je imala na sebi.
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I thought they were really hot.
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Jako su mi se svidjele.
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I decided, okay, I can claim the feminist label.
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I odlučila sam, u redu, bit ću feministkinja.
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Now I tell you this --
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Govorim vam ovo --
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I tell you this at the risk of embarrassing myself,
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uz rizik da ću se osramotiti
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because I think part of the work of feminism
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jer smatram kako je dio feminizma
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is to admit that aesthetics, that beauty,
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priznanje da estetika, ljepota,
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that fun do matter.
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zabava jesu važni.
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There are lots of very modern political movements
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Postoji mnogo modernih političkih pokreta
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that have caught fire in no small part
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koji su postali aktualni
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because of cultural hipness.
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radi popularnosti u kulturi.
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Anyone heard of these two guys as an example?
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Je li netko možda čuo za ovu dvojicu?
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So my feminism is very indebted to my mom's,
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Moja majka je uvelike zaslužna za moj feminizam,
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but it looks very different.
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ali pogledi su drugačiji.
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My mom says, "patriarchy."
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Moja majka kaže "patrijarhat".
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I say, "intersectionality."
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Ja kažem "intersekcionalitet".
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So race, class, gender, ability,
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Tako da naša rasa, klasa, spol, sposobnost,
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all of these things go into our experiences
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sve te sastavnice čine naša iskustva
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of what it means to be a woman.
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koja nam definiraju značenje žene.
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Pay equity? Yes. Absolutely a feminist issue.
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Jednake plaće? Da. Apsolutno feminističko pitanje.
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But for me, so is immigration. (Applause)
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Ali za mene, je također to i imigracija. (Pljesak)
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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My mom says, "Protest march."
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Moja majka kaže "prosvjedni pohod".
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I say, "Online organizing."
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Ja kažem "online organizacija".
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I co-edit, along with a collective
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Surađujem s grupom
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of other super-smart, amazing women,
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super pametnih, iznimnih žena
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a site called Feministing.com.
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na web stranici "Feministing.com".
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We are the most widely read feminist publication ever,
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Postala je najšire čitana feministička publikacija ikad,
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and I tell you this
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i govorim vam ovo
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because I think it's really important to see
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jer mislim kako je važno primjetiti
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that there's a continuum.
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da postoji kontinuitet.
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Feminist blogging is basically the 21st century version
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Feministički blogovi su postali
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of consciousness raising.
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sredstvo osvještavanja 21. stoljeća.
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But we also have a straightforward political impact.
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Također imamo izravan politički utjecaj.
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Feministing has been able
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"Feministing" je omogućio
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to get merchandise pulled off the shelves of Walmart.
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povlačenje proizvoda s polica u supermarketima.
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We got a misogynist administrator sending us hate-mail
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Dobivali smo mejlove mizoginog administratora
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fired from a Big Ten school.
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koji je kasnije dobio otkaz iz jedne od najboljih škola.
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And one of our biggest successes
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Jedni od naših najvećih uspjeha
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is we get mail from teenage girls in the middle of Iowa
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su mailovi koje dobivamo od tinejdžerica iz Iowe
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who say, "I Googled Jessica Simpson and stumbled on your site.
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koje pišu "Googlale smo Jessicu Simpson i naišle na vašu stranicu.
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I realized feminism wasn't about man-hating and Birkenstocks."
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Shvatile smo da feminizam nije mržnja prema muškarcima i nošenje Birkenstocksica."
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So we're able to pull in the next generation
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Tako da smo uspjele privući novu generaciju
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in a totally new way.
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na potpuno novi način.
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My mom says, "Gloria Steinem."
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Moja majka kaže "Gloria Steinem".
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I say, "Samhita Mukhopadhyay,
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Ja kažem "Samhita Mukhopadhyay,
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Miriam Perez, Ann Friedman,
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Miriam Perez, Ann Friedman,
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Jessica Valenti, Vanessa Valenti,
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Jessica Valenti, Vanessa Valenti,
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and on and on and on and on."
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i tako dalje, i tako dalje."
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We don't want one hero.
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Mi ne želimo jednog heroja.
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We don't want one icon.
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Ne želimo jednu ikonu.
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We don't want one face.
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Ne želimo jedno lice.
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We are thousands of women and men across this country
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Tisuće žena i muškaraca diljem zemlje
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doing online writing, community organizing,
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pišu, organiziraju zajednice,
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changing institutions from the inside out --
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mijenjaju institucije iznutra,
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all continuing the incredible work
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svi nastavljaju nevjerojatne akcije
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that our mothers and grandmothers started.
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koje su započele naše majke i bake.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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Which brings me to the second paradox:
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Što me dovodi do drugog paradoksa:
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sobering up about our smallness
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osvještavanje naše sitnosti
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and maintaining faith in our greatness
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i održavanje vjere u našu veličinu
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all at once.
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u isto vrijeme.
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Many in my generation --
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Mnogi su iz moje generacije,
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because of well-intentioned parenting and self-esteem education --
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radi dobronamjernog odgoja i obrazovanja samopouzdanja,
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were socialized to believe
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naučeni vjerovati
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that we were special little snowflakes --
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da smo posebne snježne pahuljice
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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who were going to go out and save the world.
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koje će spasiti svijet.
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These are three words many of us were raised with.
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To su riječi koje su nas odgojile.
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We walk across graduation stages,
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Nakon što diplomiramo
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high on our overblown expectations,
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puni smo napuhanih očekivanja
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and when we float back down to earth,
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i kad se vratimo na zemlju,
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we realize we don't know what the heck it means
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shvatimo da zapravo ne znamo što točno znači
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to actually save the world anyway.
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spasiti svijet.
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The mainstream media often paints my generation
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U medijima je moja generacija opisana
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as apathetic,
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kao ravnodušna.
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and I think it's much more accurate
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Smatram da je točnije
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to say we are deeply overwhelmed.
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reći da smo izgubljeni.
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And there's a lot to be overwhelmed about, to be fair --
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Iskreno, u mnogim stvarima možemo biti izgubljeni;
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an environmental crisis,
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ekološka kriza,
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wealth disparity in this country
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razlika u imetku u ovoj zemlji
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unlike we've seen since 1928,
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kakvu nismo vidjeli od 1928. godine,
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and globally,
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i globalno,
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a totally immoral and ongoing wealth disparity.
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potpuno nemoralna raspodjela bogatstva u tijeku.
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Xenophobia's on the rise. The trafficking of women and girls.
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Ksenofobija u porastu, trgovina ženama i djevojčicama.
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It's enough to make you feel very overwhelmed.
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Sve je to dovoljno da se osjećate izgubljeno.
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I experienced this firsthand myself
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Sama sam to osjetila
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when I graduated from Barnard College in 2002.
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kad sam diplomirala na visokoj školi Barnard 2002. godine.
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I was fired up; I was ready to make a difference.
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Bila sam puna elana, spremna promijeniti svijet.
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I went out and I worked at a non-profit,
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Krenula sam i počela raditi pro bono,
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I went to grad school, I phone-banked,
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Išla sam na diplomski studij, radila u pozivnom centru,
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I protested, I volunteered,
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protestirala sam, volontirala
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and none of it seemed to matter.
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i činilo se kao da ništa ne pomaže.
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And on a particularly dark night
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I onda jedne posebno mračne noći
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of December of 2004,
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u prosincu 2004. godine,
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I sat down with my family,
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sjela sam sa svojom obitelji
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and I said that I had become very disillusioned.
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i zaključila kako sam se razočarala.
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I admitted that I'd actually had a fantasy -- kind of a dark fantasy --
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Priznala sam da sam zamišljala, što je pomalo mračno,
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of writing a letter
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kako pišem pismo
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about everything that was wrong with the world
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o svemu što ne funkcionira u svijetu
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and then lighting myself on fire
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te kako se samozapaljujem
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on the White House steps.
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na stepenicama Bijele kuće.
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My mom
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Moja majka
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took a drink of her signature Sea Breeze,
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je popila gutljaj svog koktela,
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her eyes really welled with tears,
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oči su joj se ispunile suzama,
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and she looked right at me and she said,
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pogledala je ravno u mene i rekla:
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"I will not stand
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"Neću trpiti
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for your desperation."
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tvoj očaj."
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She said, "You are smarter, more creative
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Rekla je: "Pametnija si, kreativnija
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and more resilient than that."
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i otpornija od toga."
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Which brings me to my third paradox.
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Što me dovodi do trećeg paradoksa.
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Growing up is about aiming to succeed wildly
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Odrastanje je pokušaj brzog uspjeha
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and being fulfilled by failing really well.
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i uspjeh velikog neuspjeha.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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There's a writer I've been deeply influenced by, Parker Palmer,
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Jedan pisac je veoma utjecao na mene, Parker Palmer,
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and he writes that many of us are often whiplashed
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koji piše kako su mnogi od nas često neodlučni
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"between arrogant overestimation of ourselves
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"između arogantne precijenjenosti
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and a servile underestimation of ourselves."
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i pokorne podcijenjenosti samih sebe."
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You may have guessed by now,
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Vjerojatno ste i sami dosad zaključili
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I did not light myself on fire.
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da se nisam samozapalila.
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I did what I know to do in desperation, which is write.
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Napravila sam ono što uvijek radim iz očaja, pisala sam.
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I wrote the book I needed to read.
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Napisala sam knjigu koju sam trebala pročitati.
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I wrote a book about eight incredible people
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Napisala sam knjigu o osmero nevjerojatnih ljudi
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all over this country
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diljem ove zemlje
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doing social justice work.
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koji se bave socijalnom pravdom.
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I wrote about Nia Martin-Robinson,
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Pisala sam o Niji Martin-Robinson,
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the daughter of Detroit and two civil rights activists,
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kćeri Detroita i dvoje aktivista za ljudska prava,
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who's dedicating her life
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koja je posvetila svoj život
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to environmental justice.
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okolišnoj pravdi.
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I wrote about Emily Apt
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Pisala sam o Emily Apt
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who initially became a caseworker in the welfare system
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koja je isprva bila socijalna radnica
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because she decided that was the most noble thing she could do,
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jer je smatrala kako je to najplemenitije zvanje kojim se može baviti,
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but quickly learned, not only did she not like it,
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ali je brzo shvatila da, ne samo da joj se nije sviđalo,
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but she wasn't really good at it.
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već nije ni bila jako dobra u tome.
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Instead, what she really wanted to do was make films.
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Ono što je zapravo htjela raditi je bilo snimanje filmova.
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So she made a film about the welfare system
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Napravila je film o socijalnoj pomoći
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and had a huge impact.
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koji je imao veliki utjecaj.
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I wrote about Maricela Guzman, the daughter of Mexican immigrants,
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Pisala sam o Mariceli Guzman, kćeri imigranata iz Meksika,
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who joined the military so she could afford college.
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koja se pridružila vojsci kako bi platila školovanje.
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She was actually sexually assaulted in boot camp
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Za vrijeme osnovnog treninga, bila je seksualno napadnuta
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and went on to co-organize a group
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nakon čega je koorganizirala grupu
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called the Service Women's Action Network.
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nazvanu 'Mreža za podršku žena u službi'.
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What I learned from these people and others
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Ovi ljudi su me naučili
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was that I couldn't judge them
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da im ne mogu suditi
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based on their failure to meet their very lofty goals.
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samo na osnovi njihovih poraza da ostvare nejasne ciljeve.
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Many of them are working in deeply intractable systems --
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Mnogi od njih rade u nedodirljivim sustavima,
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the military, congress,
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kao što su vojska, kongres,
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the education system, etc.
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obrazovni sustav, itd.
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But what they managed to do within those systems
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Ali ono što uspiju napraviti unutar tih sustava
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was be a humanizing force.
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je snaga čovječnosti.
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And at the end of the day,
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I na samom kraju,
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what could possibly be more important than that?
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što može biti važnije od toga?
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Cornel West says, "Of course it's a failure.
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Cornel West je rekao, "Naravno da je to neupjeh.
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But how good a failure is it?"
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Ali koliko je to dobar neuspjeh?"
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This isn't to say we give up our wildest, biggest dreams.
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Ne želim reći da bismo trebali odustati od naših najvećih snova.
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It's to say we operate on two levels.
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Ovdje želim reči kako možemo funkcionirati na dvije razine.
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On one,
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Na jednoj razini
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we really go after changing these broken systems
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slijedimo te pokvarene sustave
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of which we find ourselves a part.
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kojih smo i sami dio.
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But on the other, we root our self-esteem
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Ali, na drugoj razini, pokušavamo osvjestiti samopoštovanje
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in the daily acts of trying to make one person's day
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u svakodnevnim radnjama kojima drugima uljepšavamo dan,
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more kind, more just, etc.
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činimo ga srdačnijim, pravednijim, itd.
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So when I was a little girl,
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Kad sam bila djevojčica,
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I had a couple of very strange habits.
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imala sam par čudnih navika.
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One of them was
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Znala sam
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I used to lie on the kitchen floor of my childhood home,
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ležati na kuhinjskom podu svoga doma,
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and I would suck the thumb of my left hand
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cuclati palac lijeve ruke
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and hold my mom's cold toes with my right hand.
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i držati hladne nožne prste moje majke desnom rukom.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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I was listening to her talk on the phone, which she did a lot.
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Slušala sam ju kako priča na telefon, što je često radila.
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She was talking about board meetings,
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Pričala je o sastancima odbora,
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she was founding peace organizations,
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osnivala je mirovne organizacije,
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she was coordinating carpools, she was consoling friends --
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koordinirala prijevoze, tješila prijatelje,
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all these daily acts of care and creativity.
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sve te svakodnevne radnje brige i kreativnosti.
10:18
And surely, at three and four years old,
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I naravno, s tri ili četiri godine,
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I was listening to the soothing sound of her voice,
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slušala sam njezin smirujući glas.
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but I think I was also getting my first lesson in activist work.
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Ali mislim da sam i dobivala prve lekcije o aktivističkom radu.
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The activists I interviewed
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Aktivisti koje sam intervjuirala
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had nothing in common, literally, except for one thing,
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nisu imali ništa zajedničko, osim jedne stvari;
10:31
which was that they all cited their mothers
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svi su naveli svoje majke
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as their most looming and important
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kao najsnažnije i najvažnije
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activist influences.
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aktivističke utjecaje.
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So often, particularly at a young age,
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Tako da često, pogotovo kad smo mladi,
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we look far afield
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predaleko tražimo
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for our models of the meaningful life,
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uzore značajnog života,
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and sometimes they're in our own kitchens,
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koji su nekad u našim kuhinjama,
10:47
talking on the phone, making us dinner,
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razgovaraju na telefon, rade nam večeru,
10:49
doing all that keeps the world going around and around.
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rade sve ono što održava ovaj svijet.
10:53
My mom and so many women like her
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Moja majka, i mnogo žena slične njoj,
10:55
have taught me that life is not about glory,
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su me naučile da smisao života nije slava
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or certainty, or security even.
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niti nužnost niti čak sigurnost.
11:01
It's about embracing the paradox.
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Smisao je prihvaćanje paradoksa.
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It's about acting in the face of overwhelm.
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Smisao je reagirati na izgubljenost.
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And it's about loving people really well.
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I smisao je voljeti ljude.
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And at the end of the day,
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Na samom kraju
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these things make for a lifetime
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ove stvari pružaju život ispunjen
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of challenge and reward.
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izazovima i nagradama.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Courtney E. Martin - JournalistCourtney E. Martin’s work has two obsessions at its core: storytelling and solutions.
Why you should listen
In her upcoming book, The New Better Off, Courtney E. Martin explores how people are redefining the American dream with an eye toward fulfillment. Martin is a columnist for On Being, and the cofounder of the Solutions Journalism Network, Valenti Martin Media, and FRESH Speakers, as well as a strategist for the TED Prize and an editor emeritus at Feministing.com.
In her previous book Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists, she profiled eight young people doing social justice work, a fascinating look at the generation of world-changers who are now stepping up to the plate.
Courtney E. Martin | Speaker | TED.com