I came from this very traditional background and I benefited hugely from feminism. I felt privileged going to university and doing a… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
All the decent people, male and female, are feminists. The only people who are not feminists are those who believe that women… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I just happen to be a woman and involved in sport, but that doesn't necessarily make me a feminist. — Katie Taylor Copy Share Image
“A free American girl can accommodate herself to circumstances without the aid of a man.” -Nellie Bly” — Matthew Goodman Copy Share Image
The critical principle of feminist theology is the promotion of the full humanity of women. Whatever denies, diminishes, or distorts the full… — Rosemary Radford Ruether Copy Share Image
When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
The women working at abortion clinics are really on the front lines and the true heroes of feminism. — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
When the cinematography school told me I would have no chance to get a job, I said, "It's irrelevant." My mom was… — Babette Mangolte Copy Share Image
The US bombed them back to traditional values – feminism does not exist in Japan. While I don’t like judging an entire… — Anita Sarkeesian Copy Share Image
“She strode forward, steeling her tune against the terrible cries which threatened to tear her emotions from her and leave her half-conscious.… — Steven Raaymakers Copy Share Image
When men realize that feminism is a universal good that affects them in very intimate ways then I think they really become… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“In order to approximate those shapes and attitudes which are considered normal and desirable, both sexes deform themselves, justifying the process by… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
I get so many questions in interviews about feminism, and I think the second you start separating femininity and masculinity and giving… — Banks Copy Share Image
I would like to see the gay population get on board with feminism. It's a beautiful organisation and they've done so much.… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
“Teach her to question men who can have empathy for women only if they seem them as relational rather than as individual… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Romantic love as most people understand it in patriarchal culture makes one unaware, renders one powerless and out of control. Feminist thinkers… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
I know there's a part of the feminist world that is like, "Hey, screw 'em, we'll do our own thing over here,"… — Erin Belieu Copy Share Image
I'm a feminist, of course, and I feel as if I'm very politically correct, although I do question what's PC and what's… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
“...explaining men still assume I am, in some sort of obscene impregnation metaphor, an empty vessel to be filled with their wisdom… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Sickening, the way the youngest de Vibrey girl, to humour the whim of her kinky old father, is actually riding side-saddle today.… — A.P Copy Share Image
I find the whole feminist thing very boring. They are so much on the defensive that they dare not love a man… — Diana Rigg Copy Share Image
“While an increasing number of male academic, political, and cultural figures have felt comfortable enough in recent years to proclaim themselves feminists,… — Maurice Berger Copy Share Image
We need feminist voices today, you know. In my time, we had incredible feminist voices and I'm sure we have it today,… — Liv Ullmann Copy Share Image
What is frustrating is being told that no matter how hard I've worked, it counts less than my appearance. Although if you're… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
