TEDWomen 2010
Courtney E. Martin: This isn't her mother's feminism
Kortni Martin (Courtney Martin): Ovo nije feminizam njene majke
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Blogerka Kortni Martin govori o prastaroj, višeslojnoj reči "feminizam" u ovom intimnom i dirljivom govoru. Provodi nas kroz 3 suštinska paradoksa u težnjama njene generacije da definiše ovaj termin za sebe.
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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Rođena sam
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on the last day
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na zadnji dan
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of the last year of the '70s.
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zadnje godine sedamdesetih.
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I was raised on "Free to be you and me" --
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Odrasla sam uz
"Slobodni da budemo ti i ja",
"Slobodni da budemo ti i ja",
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(cheering)
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(Ovacije)
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hip-hop --
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hip-hop.
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not as many woohoos for hip-hop in the house.
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Nema baš puno fanova
hip-hopa ovde.
hip-hopa ovde.
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Thank you. Thank you for hip-hop --
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Hvala. Hvala za hip-hop.
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and Anita Hill.
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I Anitu Hil.
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(Cheering)
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(Ovacije)
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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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(Smeh)
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who became,
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koji su,
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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 tata je šaljivo rekao:
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"We wanted to save the world,
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"Hteli smo da spasemo svet,
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and instead we just got rich."
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a umesto toga, samo smo se obogatili."
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We actually just got "middle class"
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Zapravo smo samo postali srednja klasa,
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in Colorado Springs, Colorado,
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u Kolorado Springsu u Koloradu,
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but you get the picture.
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ali razumete šta hoću da kažem.
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I was raised with a very heavy sense
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Odgojena sam uz dubok osećaj
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of unfinished legacy.
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nedovršenog nasleđa.
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At this ripe old age of 30,
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Sa svojih zrelih 30
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I've been thinking a lot about what it means to grow up
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mnogo razmišljam
o tome šta znači odrastati
o tome šta znači odrastati
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in this horrible, beautiful time,
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u ovom užasnom i prelepom vremenu,
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and I've decided, for me,
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i zaključila sam da je za mene
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it's been a real journey and paradox.
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to bilo jedno pravo putovanje
i paradoks.
i paradoks.
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The first paradox
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Prvi paradoks
je da se odrastanje vrti
oko odbacivanja prošlosti
oko odbacivanja prošlosti
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is that growing up is about rejecting the past
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and then promptly reclaiming it.
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i njegovog naknadnog
i brzog prihvatanja.
i brzog prihvatanja.
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Feminism was the water I grew up in.
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Ja sam odrasla u feminističkim vodama.
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When I was just a little girl,
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Kada sam bila mala,
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my mom started what is now
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moja mama je započela ono što je sada
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the longest-running women's film festival in the world.
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najstariji ženski filmski festival
u celom svetu.
u celom svetu.
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So while other kids were watching sitcoms and cartoons,
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Dok su ostala deca gledala
komedije i crtaće,
komedije i crtaće,
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I was watching very esoteric documentaries
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ja sam gledala
konfuzne dokumentarce
konfuzne dokumentarce
o ženama koje su pravile same žene.
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made by and about women.
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Možete da vidite
da je ovo imalo uticaja na mene.
da je ovo imalo uticaja na mene.
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You can see how this had an influence.
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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 kući.
feministkinja u kući.
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My dad actually resigned
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Moj tata je dao otkaz
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from the male-only business club in my hometown
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u poslovnom klubu za muškarce
u mom rodnom gradu
u mom rodnom gradu
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because he said he would never be part of an organization
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jer je rekao kako nikada
neće bio deo organizacije
neće bio deo organizacije
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that would one day welcome his son, but not his daughter.
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koja će jednog dana primiti
njegovog sina, ali ne i ćerku.
njegovog sina, ali ne i ćerku.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
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He's actually here today.
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On je danas ovde.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
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The trick here
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Kvaka je u tome
da je moj brat kasnije postao
eksperimentalni pesnik
eksperimentalni pesnik
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is my brother would become an experimental poet,
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not a businessman,
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a ne biznismen,
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but the intention was really good.
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ali očeve namere su bile jako dobre.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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In any case, I didn't readily claim the feminist label,
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Uglavnom, nisam odmah
prihvatila femizam
prihvatila femizam
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even though it was all around me,
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iako je bio svuda oko mene
jer sam ga povezivala
sa maminom ženskom grupom,
sa maminom ženskom grupom,
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because I associated it with my mom's women's groups,
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her swishy skirts and her shoulder pads --
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lepršavim suknjama i naramenicama
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none of which had much cachet
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i ništa od toga nije imalo
zeleno svetlo
zeleno svetlo
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in the hallways of Palmer High School
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u hodnicima Srednje škole Palmer
gde sam u to vreme pokušavala
da budem kul.
da budem kul.
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where I was trying to be cool at the time.
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Ali slutila sam da je postojalo
nešto jako bitno
nešto jako bitno
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But I suspected there was something really important
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about this whole feminism thing,
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u celoj toj feminističkoj stvari
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so I started covertly tiptoeing into my mom's bookshelves
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pa sam počela da se krišom motam
oko maminih polica s knjigama,
oko maminih polica s knjigama,
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and picking books off and reading them --
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biram i čitam knjige sa njih
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never, of course, admitting that I was doing so.
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i pritom nikada to nisam priznala.
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I didn't actually claim the feminist label
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Zapravo, nisam se prozvala feministkinjom
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until I went to Barnard College
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dok nisam otišla na koledž Barnard
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and I heard Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumgardner speak for the first time.
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gde sam čula govore Ejmi Ričards
i Dženifer Baumgardner po prvi put.
i Dženifer Baumgardner po prvi put.
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They were the co-authors of a book called "Manifesta."
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Zajedno su napisale knjigu "Manifesta".
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So what very profound epiphany, you might ask,
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Možda se pitate koje duboko otkrovenje
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was responsible for my feminist click moment?
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je upalilo feminističku iskru u meni.
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Fishnet stockings.
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To su bile mrežaste dokolenice.
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Jennifer Baumgardner was wearing them.
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Dženifer Baumgardner ih je nosila.
Mislila sam da su bile seksi.
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I thought they were really hot.
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Zaključila sam da bih mogla
da se proglasim feministkinjom.
da se proglasim feministkinjom.
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I decided, okay, I can claim the feminist label.
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Ovo vam govorim
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Now I tell you this --
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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 mislim da je deo feminističkog pokreta
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is to admit that aesthetics, that beauty,
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i priznanje da su estetika, lepota
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that fun do matter.
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i zabava bitni.
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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 se probili u velikoj meri
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because of cultural hipness.
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zahvaljujući tome što promovišu trendove.
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Anyone heard of these two guys as an example?
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Da li je iko čuo za ovu dvojicu
kao jedan od primera?
kao jedan od primera?
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So my feminism is very indebted to my mom's,
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Svoj feminizam dugujem majci,
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but it looks very different.
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ali on izgleda veoma drugačije.
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My mom says, "patriarchy."
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Moja mama kaže "patrijarhat",
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I say, "intersectionality."
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ja kažem "intersekcionalnost".
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So race, class, gender, ability,
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Rasa, klasa, rod, sposobnosti -
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all of these things go into our experiences
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sve to sačinjava naše iskustvo
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of what it means to be a woman.
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onoga šta znači biti žena.
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Pay equity? Yes. Absolutely a feminist issue.
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Jednake plate?
To je apsolutno feminističko pitanje.
To je apsolutno feminističko pitanje.
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But for me, so is immigration. (Applause)
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Ali za mene je i imigracija.
(Aplauz)
(Aplauz)
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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My mom says, "Protest march."
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Moja mama kaže "protestni marš",
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I say, "Online organizing."
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ja kažem "onlajn organizacija".
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I co-edit, along with a collective
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U timu iznimno pametnih
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of other super-smart, amazing women,
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i neverovatnih žena uređujem
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a site called Feministing.com.
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sajt po imenu "Feministing.com".
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We are the most widely read feminist publication ever,
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Mi smo najčitanija feministička
publikacija u istoriji
publikacija u istoriji
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and I tell you this
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i ovo vam govorim
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because I think it's really important to see
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jer mislim da je jako bitno videti
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that there's a continuum.
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da ovde postoji kontinuum.
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Feminist blogging is basically the 21st century version
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Feminističko blogovanje
je metod podizanja svesti
je metod podizanja svesti
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of consciousness raising.
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u 21. veku.
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But we also have a straightforward political impact.
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Ali mi imamo i direktan
politički uticaj.
politički uticaj.
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Feministing has been able
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Naš sajt je uspeo
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to get merchandise pulled off the shelves of Walmart.
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da skloni robu sa polica Volmarta.
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We got a misogynist administrator sending us hate-mail
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Izvojevali smo da se mizoginistički
administrator koji nam je slao
administrator koji nam je slao
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fired from a Big Ten school.
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negativne mejlove
otpusti iz škole "Big Ten".
otpusti iz škole "Big Ten".
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And one of our biggest successes
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A naš najveći uspeh je
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is we get mail from teenage girls in the middle of Iowa
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kada dobijemo poštu od tinejdžerki
u sred Ajove koje kažu:
u sred Ajove koje kažu:
"Uguglala sam Džesiku Simpson
i naletela na vaš sajt.
i naletela na vaš sajt.
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who say, "I Googled Jessica Simpson and stumbled on your site.
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I realized feminism wasn't about man-hating and Birkenstocks."
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Shvatila sam
da se feminizam ne vrti oko mržnje
prema muškarcima i anatomske obuće."
prema muškarcima i anatomske obuće."
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So we're able to pull in the next generation
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Uspeli smo da usmerimo novu generaciju
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in a totally new way.
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u jedan sasvim novi smer.
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My mom says, "Gloria Steinem."
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Moja mama kaže "Glorija Stajnem",
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I say, "Samhita Mukhopadhyay,
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a ja kažem "Samita Mukopadej,
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Miriam Perez, Ann Friedman,
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Miriam Perez, En Fridmen,
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Jessica Valenti, Vanessa Valenti,
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Džesika Valenti, Vanesa Valenti,
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and on and on and on and on."
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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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Mi smo na hiljade žena i muškaraca
koji širom ove zemlje
koji širom ove zemlje
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doing online writing, community organizing,
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pišemo za sajtove, organizujemo zajednice,
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changing institutions from the inside out --
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menjamo ustanove iznutra.
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all continuing the incredible work
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Svi mi nastavljamo neverovatan rad
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that our mothers and grandmothers started.
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koji su započele naše majke i bake.
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
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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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osveštenje o tome kako smo mali
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and maintaining faith in our greatness
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i održavanje vere u našu veličinu
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all at once.
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u isto vreme.
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Many in my generation --
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Zbog dobronamernog roditeljstva
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because of well-intentioned parenting and self-esteem education --
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i obrazovanja o samopoštovanju
mnoge iz moje generacije
mnoge iz moje generacije
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were socialized to believe
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je društvo nagnalo da veruju
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that we were special little snowflakes --
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da smo mi male posebne pahulje -
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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who were going to go out and save the world.
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koje će da spasu svet.
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These are three words many of us were raised with.
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Ovo su tri reči uz koje su
mnogi od nas odgojeni.
mnogi od nas odgojeni.
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We walk across graduation stages,
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Uzimamo svoje diplome
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high on our overblown expectations,
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na krilima velikih očekivanja,
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and when we float back down to earth,
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a kada se spustimo na zemlju,
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we realize we don't know what the heck it means
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shvatamo da nemamo blage veze
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to actually save the world anyway.
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šta uopšte znači spasiti svet.
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The mainstream media often paints my generation
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Mejnstrim mediji često oslikavaju
moju generaciju
moju generaciju
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as apathetic,
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kao nezainteresovanu,
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and I think it's much more accurate
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ali ja mislim da je preciznije reći
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to say we are deeply overwhelmed.
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da smo paralizovani.
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And there's a lot to be overwhelmed about, to be fair --
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I to s razlogom, da budem iskrena.
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an environmental crisis,
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Zbog ekoloških kriza,
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wealth disparity in this country
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nejednakosti u bogatstvu u ovoj zemlji
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unlike we've seen since 1928,
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koja je veća od one iz 1928.
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and globally,
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i koja je globalno
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a totally immoral and ongoing wealth disparity.
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apsolutno nemoralna i sveprisutna.
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Xenophobia's on the rise. The trafficking of women and girls.
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Ksenofobija je u porastu.
Trgovina ženama i devojčicama.
Trgovina ženama i devojčicama.
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It's enough to make you feel very overwhelmed.
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Sve je to dovoljno da budemo
itekako paralizovani.
itekako paralizovani.
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I experienced this firsthand myself
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Ja sam ovo iskusila iz prve ruke
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when I graduated from Barnard College in 2002.
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kada sam diplomirala sa koledža Barnard
2002.
2002.
Bila sam živa vatra.
Htela sam da uvedem promene.
Htela sam da uvedem promene.
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I was fired up; I was ready to make a difference.
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I went out and I worked at a non-profit,
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Radila sam bez naknade,
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I went to grad school, I phone-banked,
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otišla sam na postdiplomski,
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I protested, I volunteered,
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protestovala sam, volontirala sam,
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and none of it seemed to matter.
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ali činilo se da to nije ništa značilo.
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And on a particularly dark night
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Jedne posebno mračne noći,
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of December of 2004,
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u decembru 2004.
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I sat down with my family,
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sela sam sa svojom porodicom
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and I said that I had become very disillusioned.
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i rekla im da sam se jako demoralisala.
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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 zapravo imala
mračnu maštariju o tome da
mračnu maštariju o tome da
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of writing a letter
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napišem pismo
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about everything that was wrong with the world
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o svemu što je loše u svetu
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and then lighting myself on fire
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i onda se zapalim
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on the White House steps.
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na pragu Bele kuće.
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My mom
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Moja mama
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took a drink of her signature Sea Breeze,
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je otpila gutljaj svog omiljenog koktela
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her eyes really welled with tears,
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i očima punim suza
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and she looked right at me and she said,
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pogledala me pravo u oči i rekla:
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"I will not stand
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"Neću podržati
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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: "Ti si pametnija, kreativnija
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and more resilient than that."
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i jača od toga".
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Which brings me to my third paradox.
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Što me dovodi do trećeg paradoksa.
Odrastanje se vrti oko cilja
za divljim uspehom
za divljim uspehom
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Growing up is about aiming to succeed wildly
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and being fulfilled by failing really well.
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i osećaja ispunjenosti
kada dobro omanete.
kada dobro omanete.
07:52
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
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There's a writer I've been deeply influenced by, Parker Palmer,
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Postoji pisac koji je duboko uticao
na mene, Parker Palmer,
na mene, Parker Palmer,
07:59
and he writes that many of us are often whiplashed
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i on piše kako smo često razapeti
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"between arrogant overestimation of ourselves
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"između arogantnog
kompleksa više vrednosti
kompleksa više vrednosti
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and a servile underestimation of ourselves."
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i pokornog potcenjivanja."
08:07
You may have guessed by now,
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Do sada ste sigurno sami zaključili
08:09
I did not light myself on fire.
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da se nisam zapalila.
08:11
I did what I know to do in desperation, which is write.
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U periodima očaja, radim ono što znam,
a to je pisanje.
a to je pisanje.
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I wrote the book I needed to read.
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Napisala sam knjigu koju sam
morala da pročitam.
morala da pročitam.
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I wrote a book about eight incredible people
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Napisala sam knjigu o osmoro divnih ljudi
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all over this country
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koji po celoj ovoj zemlji
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doing social justice work.
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zadovoljavaju društvenu pravdu.
08:23
I wrote about Nia Martin-Robinson,
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Pisala sam o Niji Martin-Robinson,
08:25
the daughter of Detroit and two civil rights activists,
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ćerki Detroita i dvoje
aktivista za ljudska prava
aktivista za ljudska prava
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who's dedicating her life
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koja je posvetila svoj život
08:29
to environmental justice.
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borbi za ekološku pravdu.
08:31
I wrote about Emily Apt
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Pisala sam o Emili Ept
koja je postala savetnik u službi
za socijalnu pomoć
za socijalnu pomoć
08:33
who initially became a caseworker in the welfare system
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08:35
because she decided that was the most noble thing she could do,
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jer je zaključila da je to najplemenitija
stvar koju je mogla da radi.
stvar koju je mogla da radi.
08:38
but quickly learned, not only did she not like it,
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Ubrzo je saznala ne samo
da joj se to nije svidelo
da joj se to nije svidelo
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but she wasn't really good at it.
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nego da nije bila dobra u tome.
08:42
Instead, what she really wanted to do was make films.
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Ono što je stvarno htela
je da snima filmove.
je da snima filmove.
08:44
So she made a film about the welfare system
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Snimila je film o sistemu
za socijalnu pomoć
za socijalnu pomoć
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and had a huge impact.
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i ostavila je time veliki trag.
08:48
I wrote about Maricela Guzman, the daughter of Mexican immigrants,
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Pisala sam o Mariseli Guzman,
ćerki meksičkih imigranata
ćerki meksičkih imigranata
08:51
who joined the military so she could afford college.
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koja se priključila vojsci
kako bi mogla da priušti školovanje.
kako bi mogla da priušti školovanje.
08:55
She was actually sexually assaulted in boot camp
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U kampu je bila seksualno zlostavljana
08:57
and went on to co-organize a group
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i onda je bila jedna od organizatora grupe
08:59
called the Service Women's Action Network.
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po imenu Mreža akcije žena.
09:02
What I learned from these people and others
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Ono što su me ovi i drugi ljudi naučili
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was that I couldn't judge them
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je to da ne mogu da ih sudim
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based on their failure to meet their very lofty goals.
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na osnovu njihovog neuspeha
u ostvarenju nekih visokih ciljeva.
u ostvarenju nekih visokih ciljeva.
09:09
Many of them are working in deeply intractable systems --
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Mnogi od njih rade u rigidnim sistemima:
09:12
the military, congress,
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vojsci, Kongresu,
09:14
the education system, etc.
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prosveti, itd.
09:16
But what they managed to do within those systems
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Ono što su oni uspeli da unesu
09:18
was be a humanizing force.
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u te sisteme je ljudskost.
09:21
And at the end of the day,
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Na kraju krajeva,
09:23
what could possibly be more important than that?
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ima li išta važnije od toga?
Kornel Vest kaže:
"Naravno da je to neuspeh.
"Naravno da je to neuspeh.
09:25
Cornel West says, "Of course it's a failure.
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09:27
But how good a failure is it?"
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Ali koliko je dobar taj neuspeh?"
09:30
This isn't to say we give up our wildest, biggest dreams.
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Ne kažem da treba da odustanemo
od naših najluđih snova,
od naših najluđih snova,
09:33
It's to say we operate on two levels.
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nego da treba da delujemo na dva nivoa.
09:35
On one,
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Na prvom
stvarno pokušavamo da promenimo
ove falične sisteme
ove falične sisteme
09:37
we really go after changing these broken systems
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09:39
of which we find ourselves a part.
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čiji smo deo i mi sami.
09:41
But on the other, we root our self-esteem
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Na drugom, mi temeljimo
naše samopoštovanje
naše samopoštovanje
09:43
in the daily acts of trying to make one person's day
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u svakodnevnim radnjama
kojima pokušavamo da učinimo nečiji dan
kojima pokušavamo da učinimo nečiji dan
09:46
more kind, more just, etc.
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lepšim, pravednijim, itd.
09:49
So when I was a little girl,
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Kada sam bila mala,
09:51
I had a couple of very strange habits.
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imala sam par jako čudnih navika.
09:53
One of them was
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Jedna od njih je ta
da sam imala običaj da ležim
na podu kuhinje u svojoj kući,
na podu kuhinje u svojoj kući,
09:55
I used to lie on the kitchen floor of my childhood home,
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09:57
and I would suck the thumb of my left hand
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sisam palac leve šake
09:59
and hold my mom's cold toes with my right hand.
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a desnom rukom se držim
za mamine hladne prste na nogama.
za mamine hladne prste na nogama.
10:02
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
10:04
I was listening to her talk on the phone, which she did a lot.
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Slušala sam je kako priča na telefon,
a to je radila često.
a to je radila često.
10:07
She was talking about board meetings,
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Pričala bi o sastancima odbora,
10:10
she was founding peace organizations,
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osnivala je mirovne organizacije,
10:12
she was coordinating carpools, she was consoling friends --
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koordinirala je putovanja,
tešila prijatelje -
tešila prijatelje -
10:15
all these daily acts of care and creativity.
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radila je sve ove svakodnevne
aktivnosti bržnosti i kreativnosti.
aktivnosti bržnosti i kreativnosti.
10:18
And surely, at three and four years old,
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Naravno, sa tri godine
10:20
I was listening to the soothing sound of her voice,
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ja sam slušala njen umirujući glas,
10:23
but I think I was also getting my first lesson in activist work.
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ali mislim da sam takođe dobila
svoju prvu lekciju iz aktivizma.
svoju prvu lekciju iz aktivizma.
10:26
The activists I interviewed
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Aktivisti koje sam intervjuisala
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had nothing in common, literally, except for one thing,
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nisu imali ništa zajedničko
osim doslovno jedne stvari.
osim doslovno jedne stvari.
10:31
which was that they all cited their mothers
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Svi su naveli svoje majke
10:33
as their most looming and important
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kao najsvetliji i najvažniji
10:35
activist influences.
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uticaj u svom aktivizmu.
10:37
So often, particularly at a young age,
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Često, pogotovo u ranoj dobi
10:39
we look far afield
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gledamo u daljinu
ne bismo li pronašli modele
značaja u životu
značaja u životu
10:42
for our models of the meaningful life,
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10:44
and sometimes they're in our own kitchens,
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i ponekad su oni u našoj kuhinji,
10:47
talking on the phone, making us dinner,
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gde pričaju na telefon, kuvaju nam večeru
10:49
doing all that keeps the world going around and around.
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i rade sve ono što održava
svet u pokretu.
svet u pokretu.
10:53
My mom and so many women like her
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Moja mama i mnogo žena poput nje
10:55
have taught me that life is not about glory,
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su me naučile da se život
ne vrti oko slave,
ne vrti oko slave,
10:58
or certainty, or security even.
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ili izvesnosti ili čak sigurnosti.
11:01
It's about embracing the paradox.
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Vrti se oko prihvatanja paradoksa,
11:03
It's about acting in the face of overwhelm.
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oko vašeg delovanja
uprkos paralisanosti,
uprkos paralisanosti,
11:06
And it's about loving people really well.
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oko pružanja ljubavi na pravi način.
11:09
And at the end of the day,
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Na kraju krajeva,
11:11
these things make for a lifetime
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ove stvari čine da je vaš celi život pun
11:14
of challenge and reward.
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izazova i nagrada.
Hvala.
11:16
Thank you.
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(Aplauz)
11:18
(Applause)
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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.
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