When I first came on the scene, I don't think people knew what to make of the way I dress, my aesthetic… — Lindi Ortega Copy Share Image
I think the female first-person is still dismissed, demonized, especially if the book does not end on an empowering note, especially if… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
My father once nearly came to blows with a female dinner guest about whether a particular patch of embroidery was fuchsia or… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
The problem of the female body is not something that I've studied, but my memoir does treat that theme. — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Most women can't handle the reality of what comes with being with me. It takes a very secure woman to be backstage… — Tyrese Gibson Copy Share Image
I think that in our culture there is this message to males that any time you can have sex with an attractive… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
Ask a toad what is beauty....; he will answer that it is a female with two great round eyes coming out of… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Whenever we see anyone in a high or low position, male or female, they differ only in appearance, dress, behavior, and status.… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Before novels written by women were relegated to their own 'genre,' I was introduced to Jane Smiley by a dear professor who… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
There's still sexism in the world, so there's still sexism in publishing and in graduate school. But it is different. Now, it's… — Debra Monroe Copy Share Image
I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women. — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Life is a rush into the unknown. You can duck down & hope nothing hits you, Or stand as tall as you… — Grey Owl Copy Share Image
I'm not much interested in travelling scholarships for women - or in fact in scholarships, tout court! - they'd much better stay… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
I never feel like I am "using" a voice, rather I am listening to a voice and recording it as faithfully as… — Micheline Aharonian Marcom Copy Share Image
I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly. — Kristin Hersh Copy Share Image
It's partly because our culture so hyper-sexualizes females that if you don't measure up to whatever we're forced to think is the… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Prostitution and robbery are two living protests, respectively female and male, made by the natural state against the social state. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
No country will reach its full potential if its female citizens do not enjoy full equality. — Helen Clark Copy Share Image
