“Their [girls] sexual energy, their evaluation of adolescent boys and other girls goes thwarted, deflected back upon the girls, unspoken, and their… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“Women have traditionally took secondary roles to men. I want to be the boss not the secretary.” — Bianca Frazier Copy Share Image
I have met many feminists who were not Lesbians but I have never met a Lesbian who was not a feminist. — Martha Shelley Copy Share Image
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, She doesn't have… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“The Republican abuse of the term feminism in the past decade or so is an astonishing lesson in the politically opportunistic use… — Nina Power Copy Share Image
“Society is obsessed with women's bodies and I take my body back by doing whatever it is that I want to do… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“We live in a world where it’s feasible that a tiny hobbit can save an entire world, but not a feminine woman.… — Ash Gray Copy Share Image
I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“(...)no sólo a las mujeres, que por tan ineptas están tenidas, sino a los hombres, que con sólo serlo piensan que son… — Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“It's your world, but I make my way in it. At fifteen, no, I couldn't stand up to you. The age of… — Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Copy Share Image
The future is in great hands with feminists such as Carla Buzasi, Caroline Criado-Perez, Lucy-Anne Holmes — Bonnie Greer Copy Share Image
“It has always been believed that the woman has a power of perception beyond what is literally seen and heard. Whether it… — Christina Crawford Copy Share Image
It was the Spice Girls who messed it all up. And obviously, the appropriating of the phrase "girl power", which at that… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“Cosmopolitanism seeks a _we_ that does not rely on the exclusion of _others_ but, instead, recognizes and confirms each other as part… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
I grew up definitely a feminist, but I didn't call myself a feminist until I took my first women's studies class in… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“The feminist movement as we have come to know it in recent decades is fundamentally a "con."...As it is considered treasonous to… — Robert Sheaffer Copy Share Image
“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be. — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
“But we [women] are only at the beginning [of revamping feminism]. And our strictures on each other prove this. Our enforcement of… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“At core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.” — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber. — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I remember at the time - right before we started Feministing.com - doing a Google search for the term "young feminism" and… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
