Let’s take this figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. Does the feminist kill other people’s joy by pointing out moments of sexism?… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
Feminist effort to end patriarchal domination should be of primary concern precisely because it insists on the eradication of exploitation and oppression… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It's not easy to diagnose because depending where the endometrial deposits are, the symptoms can be quite different. It's an unrecognized problem… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
There are many feminists who work in the media, and they think that feminism is very important. It is in their own… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I don't remember being thought of as good-looking until I became a feminist. It's more of a comment on people's expectations than… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The stereotypes of feminists as ugly, or man-haters, or hairy, or whatever it is - that's really strategic. That's a really smart… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“Her remark laid bare not only the reality - not enough comic opportunities for women in Hollywood - but also the ideology… — Carina Chocano Copy Share Image
“I think it's such a misconception that women don't like [action/sci-fi] or that they don't wanna go and see these movies. I… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
Call me old-fashioned, but I thought the one battle we feminists won fair and square was to convince at least those left… — Julie Bindel Copy Share Image
Much of the appeal of feminism is that it encourages women to do what they always felt like doing anyway: take everything… — Steve Sailer Copy Share Image
I couldn't reconcile being a progressive feminist with being the mother of a male: advocating for policies that discriminated against him and… — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
How will the family unit be destroyed? ...[T]he demand alone will throw the whole ideology of the family into question, so that… — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
“At a small dinner with other business executives, the guest of honor spoke the entire time without taking a breath. This meant… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“It makes me really sad that women have been ejected from the seat of their power in this society in terms of… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I feel like, in many ways, Billie Holiday's still very under-appreciated as an artist. People focus on her voice, and all of… — Jose James Copy Share Image
There is a true feminist movement in Buddhism that relates to the goddess Tārā. Following her cultivation of bodhicitta, the bodhisattva's motivation,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“The feminist philosophy that has shaped my thinking has been articulated most clearly by Marilyn Frye;67 Catharine MacKinnon68 has been influential in… — Robert Jensen Copy Share Image
It was interesting that feminists of my generation told me: You are discouraging younger women; you are confirming stereotypes of women; you… — Anne-Marie Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The academic and writer Sara Ahmed has written brilliantly about the idea of the feminist killjoy, and why it should be embraced… — Kira Cochrane Copy Share Image
“The Girl Scouts allow homosexuals and atheists to join their ranks, and they have become a pro-abortion feminist training corps. If the… — Hans Zeiger Copy Share Image
“One show, I did a benefit for a feminist organziation…So it's all feminsts. Gloria Steinem is sitting right up front. I walked… — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
I listen to feminists and all these radical gals - most of them are failures. They've blown it. Some of them have… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
Culture does not make people - people make culture. So if it is in fact true that the full humanity of women… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Young women know that something is off; they know that the world is a messed-up place. They know that the world is… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“So what is transgressive in the practice of this secret Tantra is the gesture not to elide the difference that women present.… — Loriliai Biernacki Copy Share Image
We all know what feminists are. They are shrill, overly aggressive, man-hating, ball-busting, selfish, hairy, extremist, deliberately unattractive women with absolutely no… — Susan J. Douglas Copy Share Image
All year there have been these cover stories that the women's movement is dead and about the death of feminism and the… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
I feel excited in that I think boys born to feminists have a leg up. At least, the ones I've met seem… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
President Obama and his radical feminist enforcers have had it in for Catholic medical providers from the get-go. It's about time all… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
It is easier to talk about issues; it is easier to say you're a feminist because it's actually awesome to be one.… — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
“It is "humanism" that should run in the veins of the thinking humanity, not a certain gender-oriented "ism". This entire book is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I don't know about calling yourself a feminist. I also, for me, it's difficult for me to call myself a feminist in… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
“ What do you hope girls take away from watching [Agent Carter]? I would hope that young girls can see that they… — Hayley Atwell Copy Share Image
“What can we learn from women like Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday that we may not be able to… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share Image
I think there are many feminists who would say that I am not a feminist. I love women, I have a lot… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“The world doesn't need a good woman who is meekly obedient to the uncivilized social norms that advocate female inferiority. The world… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I've seen this idea put forward a hundred times - that a proper feminist would do her own hoovering, Germaine Greer cleans… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“I call [fourth-wave feminism] fainting–couch feminism, a la the delicate Victorian ladies who retreated to an elegant chaise when overcome with emotion.… — Christina Hoff Sommers Copy Share Image
We just need to put our foot down. This is a good time for us to bring this to a place of… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
![“I think it's such a misconception that women don't like [action/sci-fi] or that they don't wanna go and see these movies. I just feel like women have been so misrepresented in these films. We're like, 'Why do we have to go and see the genre every single time with the girl on the back of the frame…” quote by Charlize Theron](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d0c/charlize-theron-1430_cinema_i-think-it-s-such-a-misconception-that-w_235878.jpg)
![“How will the family unit be destroyed? ...[T]he demand alone will throw the whole ideology of the family into question, so that women can begin establishing a community of work with each other and we can fight collectively. Women will feel freer to leave their husbands and become economically…” quote by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/046/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz-24305_community_how-will-the-family-unit-be-destroyed-t_1560275.jpg)
![“Culture does not make people - people make culture. So if it is in fact true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, we must make it our culture. [...] A feminist is a man or a woman who says, 'yes there is a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it. We must do better.'” quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2fa/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_culture_culture-does-not-make-people-people-make_2751652.jpg)
![“What do you hope girls take away from watching [Agent Carter]? I would hope that young girls can see that they don’t have to sacrifice their femininity to be taken seriously in the workplace. But also they don’t have to rely on their physicality or their appearance; that it’s just as important, if…” quote by Hayley Atwell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4a4/hayley-atwell-19130_agent-carter_what-do-you-hope-girls-take-away-from-wa_1157290.jpg)
![“I call [fourth-wave feminism] fainting–couch feminism, a la the delicate Victorian ladies who retreated to an elegant chaise when overcome with emotion. As an equality feminist from the 1970s, I am dismayed by this new craze. Women are not children. We are not fragile little birds who can’t cope…” quote by Christina Hoff Sommers](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fb5/christina-hoff-sommers-18174_feminism_i-call-fourth-wave-feminism-fainting-cou_1176569.png)
