“A girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something. What can she become? I asked. Why, she… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“The outcry against killing women, if you accept killing at all, is sheer sentimentality. Why is it worse to kill a woman… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. Its aim is not to benefit solely any specific group of women, any particular… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence. — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“Aristotle didn't have a problem with abortion," she says. "Oh, well, good, that's a comfort," I say.” — Deborah Meyler Copy Share Image
The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
I'm all for girl empowerment. I'm all about being a feminist. I'm all about being confident within yourself. — Trina Copy Share Image
I think we really need a movement to drive how popular culture understands the issues that feminists care about. When I think… — Ai-jen Poo Copy Share Image
I want to be a freaking feminist and wear a freaking Peter Pan collar. So freaking what? — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
“Chapter 11: Working Together Toward Equality For a long time, the focus has been on making sure women have the choice of… — Thompson, Natalie Copy Share Image
“How beautiful this city, or perhaps any in the world, is to a woman who knows her bed awaits her even as… — Sharanya Manivannan Copy Share Image
I think one of the primary reasons young women don't identify as feminist is because they don't know any feminists and/or don't… — Julie Zeilinger Copy Share Image
Our religion has defined a position for women (in society): motherhood. Some people can understand this, while others can't. You cannot explain… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
I'm a feminist, so it's just a really nice creative energy to work with a lot of women. — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
The hardest thing, I think, is to live richly in the present, without letting it be tainted & spoiled out of fear… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“I have a date,' he explained. 'This is an emergency.' He paused to catch his breath. 'Do you know' - breath -… — John Green Copy Share Image
We need a feminist movement in which the facts of the case trump the identities of the parties involved. — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
I think we're at a point in history where, generally, people consider themselves to be feminists in the sense that we believe… — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
“It is a naive sort of feminism that insists that women prove their ability to do all the things that men do.… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“The Darwinian approach to sex is often attacked as being antifeminist, but that is just wrong. Indeed, the accusation is baffling on… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I can't fault other writers and directors for how they choose to present themselves, but I just think people are very… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I am not a Jew in the synagogue and a feminist in the world. I am a Jewish feminist and a feminist… — Judith Plaskow Copy Share Image
On Girls I like being a mouthpiece for the issues I think young females face today. It’s always shocking when people question… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
People have said it's hypocritical for me to call myself a feminist and make the kind of music we are making, because… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I was in just the right generation to have taken feminism seriously by osmosis - also the generation when the breakdown of… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
“Like most guys, I had bought into the stereotype that all feminists were white, lesbian, unattractive male bashers who hated all men.… — Byron Hurt Copy Share Image
Men tend to dominate whatever public discourse they participate in, and another big part of feminism is to let women have their… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“Much ecocriticism has taken for granted that its task is to overcome anthropocentrism, just as feminism seeks to overcome androcentrism. The metaphysical… — Greg Garrard Copy Share Image
I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Young women don't want to be called feminists because it's not sexy and ah they think that their mothers and grandmothers have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“I don’t want your babies, Felix. I can assure you I’m not sitting up here like some tragic fallen woman every night… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“Free and accessible child care has always been a fundamental demand of the women’s movement, but the legislative efforts to pass such… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
A friend of mine wrote a script, a feminist romantic comedy. She had a feminist scholar consult on it. My friend said,… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens. It would… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
