I was always treated older than I am when I was a kid, so…

There is a stigma and society really tries to knock people, I feel, when they are a bit curvy or that don't fit what…

— Judi Love

Adulthood has its own way of helping you realize who is important in your life.

— Crystal Yang

Living this life in the same sorta way that Kerouac lived, you get to hang out at shows and drink and you're able to…

— Ben Gibbard

“Just like a newborn child, when we are born again, it takes time to grow to adulthood. Along the way, we will fall many…

— Britt Gillette

It is a dangerous time to be a black woman in America. It’s a time when we are not safe in the streets or…

— Pearl Cleage

“She’s an original! She doesn’t need to compete, copy, or envy other women. The confidence that’s within her won’t allow her to stoop that…

— Stephanie Lahart

It's always hard for me to find a therapist who is a black woman or even a woman of color. It's something that we've…

— Morgan Parker

“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it…

— Bell Hooks

I talk about a lot is how black women are so often referred to as feisty or sassy or aggressive or difficult just for…

— Vick Hope

It wasn't [Barack] Obama per se; it was the feeling on the ground; it was seeing an old black woman in a wheelchair being…

— Bill Ayers

When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.

— Tyler Perry

“As a Black Woman, I define self-care as the ability to safely and comfortably exhale.”

— Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant

Black women's intersectional experiences of racism and sexism have been a central but forgotten dynamic in the unfolding of feminist and antiracist agendas.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

— Mike Tyson

How can you be more subject; black woman in a white man's world?

— Maureen Duffy