Feminist Quotes · Page 21

We haven't come a long way, we've come a short way. If we hadn't come a short way, no one would be…

— Elizabeth Janeway

It's not my place to tell anyone what kind of feminist she should be.

— Katherine Ryan

The chief glory of a woman is not to be talked of, said Pericles, himself a much-talked-of-man.

— Virginia Woolf

Overthrowing capitalism is too small for us. We must overthrow the whole...patriarch!

— Gloria Steinem

The proposition that economist Ludwig von Mises was a feminist is an apodictic impossibility.

— Ilana Mercer

“Given the same honor and dignity as men, women can build a much better and more harmonious world.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I love when a girl knows the difference between being independent and being an annoying ass feminist.

— Anonymous

Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.

— Gloria Steinem

“Gender equality is not a belief, it is not an idea - it is a key element of the society that will…

— Abhijit Naskar

I was not considered beautiful before I was a feminist. I was a pretty girl before, but suddenly, after I was publicly…

— Gloria Steinem

What is nearly certain is that Donald Trump did not consider himself a feminist in the way-back 80s, nor was he making…

— Alex Wagner

'Astitva' is all about a woman's search for her identity in a male-dominated world. It is not a feminist kind of approach.…

— Mahesh Manjrekar

I think that's my hope for a lot of the feminist movement is that the gender thing sort of stops being the…

— Sara Bareilles

My number-one goal is to never feel like I'm strictly defining myself. The minute I feel like I'm doing that as anything…

— Amanda Palmer

When I was a baby feminist, leading feminist thinkers were insisting that if women ran the world, there would be no sadism…

— Naomi Wolf

In response to a question concerning China's policy of compulsory abortion after the first child, Molly Yard responded, "I consider the Chinese…

— Gary Bauer

In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control.…

— Anne Rice

Back when I was modeling, the first time I went to Italy, I was having cappuccinos every day, and I gained 15…

— Christina Hendricks

Some women have 'always' been lesbians. Others, like myself, have 'become' one. As much a sociocultural construction as it is an effect…

— Teresa de Lauretis

“It’s no surprise that a generation of women who were brought up being told that they were equal to men, that sexism,…

— Kira Cochrane

My own feminist revolution evolved slowly, and traveled the world with me. To this day I have no idea what dissident professor…

— Mona Eltahawy

I have a guy friend who said to me, "Hey, you know it's strange, feminism is cool now." I think now people…

— Abigail Tarttelin

Women saying "I'm not a feminist" is my greatest pet peeve. Do you believe that women should be paid the same for…

— Lena Dunham

“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product…

— Ryan Gosling

My nature is feminist. How could you not be a feminist and be alive? The world is full of brilliant, interesting women.

— Ali Smith

My analysis is that the gays are about 5% of the attack on marriage in this country, and the feminists are about 95%.

— Phyllis Schlafly

Most mother-women give up whatever ghost of a unique and human self they may have when they 'marry' and raise children.

— Phyllis Chesler

“The devout Islamic woman becomes the antithesis of a certain kind of strident right-wing feminist.”

— Nina Power

I'm not ashamed to dress "like a woman" because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman.

— Iggy Pop

For some reason, the word 'feminist' freaks people out, but when you look it up, all it means is equal opportunity.

— Maddie Marlow

If we're for one another, we're feminists. The rest is semantics.

— Betty Buckley

I have 3 sisters, a daughter, and a son with my girlfriend, and a feminist mom who raised me right.

— Dr. Luke

Bitches and hoes don't exist because the hoes know Bo's a feminist.

— Bo Burnham

I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist.

— Courtney Love

“the human mind was no better than in its earliest period of savagery, only better informed”

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“She was the rare feminist, possibly the only feminist, with an unabashed commitment to male supremacy.”

— Laura Shapiro

Barbie’s disfigured. It’s fine to play with her just as long as you keep that in mind.

— Lena Dunham

Social media is not just another way to connect feminist and activist voices - it amplifies our messages as well.

— Jessica Valenti

The most merciful thing a large family can do to one of its infant members is to kill it.

— Margaret Sanger

How can one be a woman and not be a feminist? That's my question.

— Debbie Harry