HESPERIA, Calif. — A California high school senior dropped the mic with her yearbook quote.Caitlyn Cannon, 17, hit quite a few hot topics including, gay rights, feminism and the wage gap in a single quote.Her friend, Twitter user, @casualnosebleed tweeted out a photo of the yearbook Tuesday morning. Since then it has been retweeted more than 6,000 time and favorited more than 9,000 times.In the quote Cannon said, “I need feminism because I intend on marrying rich and I can’t do that if my wife and I are making .75 cent for every dollar a man makes.”
Cannon told the Huffington Post she was inspired by a Tumblr post but tweaked it to match her identity.
“I was tired of seeing the same old quotes from popular books and movies and authors, and I wanted to call attention to a problem that women face,” she told the Huffington Post.
The quote has inspired quite a bit of feedback, but Cannon said most of it has been positive.