I believe I was raised with feminist values, but I don't think I ever heard my Mom call herself a feminist. Before… — Julie Zeilinger Copy Share Image
“Feminists in Greenwich Village had begun bobbing their hair in 1912. In 1915, it was still radical. “The idea, it seems, came… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
I didn’t want any flowers, I only wanted to lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty. How free it… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
"Girly" can be limiting if you're told it's the only option. I don't think the solution is to get rid of the… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
“People don’t always stab you with knives. Sometimes it’s the slow slicing of passive envy.” — Arabella Sveinsdottir Copy Share Image
“With the possible exception of the Shakers, it is difficult to think of an American movement that has failed more spectacularly than… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Women do not have to embrace principles of imperialism, corporatism and militarism in order to be a feminist. There is another feminist… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
If I want to see someone, I want to see them, and if I don't, then I don't. My friends are always… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
Lysistrata: Oh, Calonicé, my heart is on fire; I blush for our sex. Men will have it we are tricky and sly...Calonicé:… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
Kurt [Cobain ]was a feminist. A lot of the bashing against Courtney [Love] I think has to deal with gender bias and… — Brett Morgen Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was always around boys. I was always trying to keep up with boys - skateboarding and… — Daria Werbowy Copy Share Image
Feminism is just an overused term and people make too much noise about it for no reason. — Lisa Haydon Copy Share Image
“My belief is that if we live another century or so — I am talking of the common life which is the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Remember, for a society to truly progress we don't need woman or man, we need a fully-fledged human - nothing short of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I...love my curves and clothes and shoes; I love the way adrenaline from dancing or love-making reaches my cheeks. I love my… — R.B. O'Brien Copy Share Image
The idea of what a feminist is has changed so much that there needs to be a new word for it. — Trinny Woodall Copy Share Image
“I didn't understand what it was about men—not all men, but a good portion of them—that turned a good, solid “NO” into… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
Animal rights activists gives disillusioned feminists an excuse to go back to being women protecting wee creatures without compromising their radical credentials — Florence King Copy Share Image
Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
In the late '60s and '70s, when feminism was on the up sweep, there was an awareness of things that we're losing… — Sandra Bernhard Copy Share Image
“...her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.” — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
I don't think you can say that feminism has made women critical of marriage because women have been critical of marriage for… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself a feminist, which is such a tough word for people. Some people immediately assume that you're angry or… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
A Smith & Wesson does more for empowering women than Feminism ever could — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
“I hope you will be a warrior and fierce for change so all can live.” — Meridel Le Sueur Copy Share Image
This life is a war we are not yet winning for our daughters' children. Don't do your enemies' work for them. Finish… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
“You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“They're so excited for one day in a pretty dress... someone should really tell them. They can wear a retty dress whenever… — Rachel Harrison Copy Share Image
Abortion. Feminism. Online harassment. Social justice. Women's "no"s are constantly doubted and eroded in our culture. Saying "no" and sticking to it … — Lindy West Copy Share Image
“...I know how she must have felt. Pressure to be in charge of the world. So much responsibility. The whole world on… — Tiffany Reisz Copy Share Image
Nowadays everybody's a feminist - male, female, trans. Gender's so passé they don't even care anymore. They know what equal rights are,… — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
For most women being other-directed, focused on how other people feel and nurturing them, was (and can still be) a quality that… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
“Women, it is said, possess corresponding power. Through consciousness-raising, women found that women's so-called power was the other side of female powerlessness.… — Catharine A. MacKinnon Copy Share Image
'Feminism' is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isn't it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldn't it? — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“It's not being a woman I mind so much," she said slowly. "'Tis the way men seem to always order my life."… — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
“I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry.” — Sonia Johnson Copy Share Image
“I was thinking: Girls get scared way too often. Girls get stupidly scared. I was not scared. Telling myself not to be… — Tamara Faith Berger Copy Share Image
“Life is not a competition between men and woman. It is a collaboration.” — David Alejandro Fearnhead Copy Share Image
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