“Women of all groups were measurably more likely than their male counterparts to vote for equality, health, and education, and against violence… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Feminism, like Boston, is a state of mind. It is the state of mind of women who realize that their whole position… — Rheta Childe Dorr Copy Share Image
I'm fun, ruthless, articulate, impatient, maybe a little cavalier. I'm a woman and a feminist. I'm transgender. I'm an actress, a reluctant… — Hari Nef Copy Share Image
Feminists, I hasten to add, are not all bad. In fact, they are an ideal bellwether, an invaluable aid in helping me… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Feminism is not about being equal to men all men are not equal. A black man from 135th street with a Harvard… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We're not hard-core feminists. We like men and we like to have fun with them. But we also want men to think… — Lisa Lopes Copy Share Image
“What did we talk about? I don't remember. We talked so hard and sat so still that I got cramps in my… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
“All acts of sex were forms of degradation. ... What do you do with the Serious Young Woman (short hair, flat shoes,… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a kid, I've been into clothes, but not really labels- that's kind of only been in the last… — Lorde Copy Share Image
“It is commonplace observation that women are forever trying to straighten their hair if it is curly and curl it if it… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
I was a feminist in the Sixties, and can you imagine? The worst thing I could have done was to be in… — Miuccia Prada Copy Share Image
“We believe that feminism is a transformative philosophy that embraces the amelioration of life on earth for all life-forms, for all natural… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
From Mozambique to Chad, South Africa and Liberia, Sierra Leone to Burkina Faso, feminism is the buzzword for a generation of women… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
To me, feminism is such a simple description: it's equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights. — Callie Khouri Copy Share Image
“Sitting with Ricki [Abrams], talking with Ricki, I made a vow to her: that I would use everything I knew, including from… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
[Ella Baker]'s second defining characteristic was her dislike of top-down leadership... 'She felt leaders were not appointed but the rose up. Someone… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
“Why should women have to give up their name upon marriage, as if they are nothing but hood ornaments to their husbands!… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
My mom and I had secret from my dad that we didn't think we were stupid, that we didn't think we needed… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
I am a writer and a feminist, and the two seem to be constantly in conflict.... ever since I became loosely involved… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
It's really cool that Miley Cyrus said she's the biggest feminist ever. I was like, 'That's the sound of 200,000 eight-year-olds Googling… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
I'm appalled that the word 'feminism' has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
“The Men who cannot deny us to be rational creatures, wou'd have us justify their irrational opinion and treatment of us, by… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
“Because the purpose of feminism isn’t to make a particular type of woman. The idea that there are inherently wrong and inherently… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
Quite frankly, I talk about the fact that I'm a feminist as often as I can, and every time I do, it… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
There have been women who stumbled across Feministing randomly, through a bizarre Google search or something, and had no idea what feminism… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
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