If white American feminist theory need not deal with the differences between us, and the resulting difference in our oppressions, then how… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I know I certainly wouldn't be writing books if it hadn't been for the feminist blogosphere, and I think that's a really… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“Yes, for the love of God young women, come along – learn your limits. Or, rather, know society’s limits. How dare you… — Laura Bates Copy Share Image
I am not sure that there has been a "lack of progress." On the contrary, the concept of feminism is not only… — Laura Mulvey Copy Share Image
“In this sense, we can render the false meaning of catharsis which occurs in pornography with a different meaning than the catharsis… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
“if you unquestioningly accept one piece of the culture that despises and fears you, you are vulnerable to other pieces.” — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“The most profound betrayal of feminist issues has been the lack of mass-based feminist protest challenging the government’s assault on single mothers… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
I remember getting to college and all of a sudden realizing that feminism was a dirty word to a lot of people… — Quiara Alegria Hudes Copy Share Image
“This is why militarism is a feminist issue, why rape is an environmental issue, why environmental destruction is a peace issue. We… — Lierre Keith Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that wants to put a redemptive face on everything, so anger doesn't sit well with any of… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Women, rouse yourselves! The tocsin of reason resounds through the whole universe: recognize your rights. The powerful empire of nature is no… — Olympe de Gouges Copy Share Image
“If women want rights more than they got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.” — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
For me, to be a feminist is to answer the question 'Are women human?' with a yes. — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
A male feminist is one of the most glorious end-products of evolution. — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“[S]ex trafficking and mass rape should no more be seen as women's issues than slavery was a black issue or the Holocaust… — Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Copy Share Image
“In the radical feminist view, the new feminism is not just the revival of a serious political movement for social equality. It… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
I was raised by a lesbian feminist who told me that shaving my legs was giving into the patriarchy. So, I consider… — Marti Noxon Copy Share Image
I didn't really understand the concept of feminism until the media started to talk about it surrounding my name. — Whitney Wolfe Herd Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks of the roaring twenties and associates it with decadence and flappers, female sexual liberation, the freedom of women to express… — Billy Howle Copy Share Image
If feminism was a dress, it would be that essential little black number, reached for in times of need; different for everyone… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
Conservatives still attack feminism with the absurd notion that it makes its adherents less attractive to men; in truth, it is feminism… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
“Sex discrimination and hate crimes against women don't come from the leather community or its pornography. They occur within contexts like industrial… — Pat Califia Copy Share Image
“The word feminism has become synonymous with man-hating when in fact it has more to do with women than men.” — Aysha Taryam Copy Share Image
“One only has to read interviews with outstanding women to hear them apologizing” — Monique Wittig Copy Share Image
