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This object symbolizes the search for knowledge and understanding. When Adichie's friend Okoloma uses an accusatory tone to call her a feminist, she goes straight home and uses this object. She has already received all of the nonverbal clues surrounding the term, and now she needs a piece of reference material so she can achieve a full understanding of the situation.

Lip Gloss

This object symbolizes the freedom to make choices whether those choices align with stereotypes about one's gender or not. This object is longed for by the author on her first day of teaching, but she eschews it in the hopes that she will be taken more seriously by her students if she does so. The decision is portrayed as one that should not have been required of her.

Suit

This object symbolizes the tendency for people to be untrue to their own identities in...

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