“Could he actually be a decent guy? Hard to imagine. He was pretty to look at, though, she thought. Boys weren't objectified… — Daniel Marks Copy Share Image
The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that. You can be a businesswoman,… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
To those of us who remained committed mainly to the exploration of moral distinctions and ambiguities, the feminist analysis may have seemed… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The first class opposition that appears in history coincides with the development of the antagonism between man and woman in monogamous marriage,… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
Many fairy tales and ballads present us with animals who are nobler, truer, and kinder than the greedy human beings who desire… — Delia Sherman Copy Share Image
I had an affair with an older woman when I was at college, and she was a strong feminist, which shaped my… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
The founder of Crunk Feminists is a Christian. If you claim to be a Christian, but then you attack somebody for saying… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
There may well be a few extremists out there somewhere calling for a militant, women-only utopia, but why should this be the… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
I was living in the moment that feminism came out of, and I think it's only through the work that women are… — Franca Sozzani Copy Share Image
I'm feminist in that I believe that there should be equality between men and women. I get deeply frustrated on a daily… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
Norman Mailer loved women so much. I mean probably more than anything in the world he loved women. He got put into… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
“Don't make yourself small. Not for anyone. If someone tells you you're too much... too loud, too sensitive, too fierce, too caring,… — L.R. Knost Copy Share Image
Revolutionary feminism embraces men who are able to change, who are capable of responding mutually in a subject-to-subject encounter where desire and… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“I could never, I knew then, lose myself "in love." Margery had accused me of coldness, and she was right, but she… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
I just got asked by another journalist 'Are you a feminist?' and I was just like... Is there a strange thing at… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I want a revamped feminism. Putting the vamp back means the lady must be a tramp. My generation of the Sixties rebels… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I don't understand that about Taylor Swift, or about Joan [Mitchell] - how can she not say she's a feminist?! People don't… — Ronee Blakley Copy Share Image
The problem is that America is still so racist - I guess it's hard to find another word for it -… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
My feminist values are rooted in my socialist values. The number of women CEOs in Britain's biggest companies is irrelevant if they… — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
Yugant' is not a feminist film at all. It shows how the disintegration of the marital relationship is part of a greater… — Aparna Sen Copy Share Image
I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I don't belong to any clubs, and I dislike club mentality of any kind, even feminism - although I do relate to… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
There's a common misconception about running for office. People think it's dreadful, morally compromising work. But I've found the opposite is true.… — Brianna Wu Copy Share Image
Feminists don't like me, and I don't like them. I don't get their point. I don't know why feminists have it out… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
Adrienne Rich was one of the most widely-read and influential poets of her time, a leading feminist, known especially for her politically-engaged… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive... women didn't go… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I would say that each of us has only one thing to gain from the feminist movement: Our whole humanity. Because gender… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Women who display themselves as sex objects do not represent women as a gender anymore than the chippendales or Ron Jeremy represent… — Anonymouse Copy Share Image
...feminism never harmed anybody unless it was some feminists. The danger is that the study and contemplation of "ourselves" may become so… — Rheta Childe Dorr Copy Share Image
For me, as a feminist, as somebody who wants to lift up women - because I do; I come from a single… — Theodore Melfi Copy Share Image
“The vagina is obliterated from the imagery of femininity in the same way that the signs of independence and vigor in the… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“Femininity is depicted as weakness, the sapping of strength, yet masculinity is so fragile that apparently even the slightest brush with the… — Gwen Sharp Copy Share Image
When we talk about equal pay for equal work, women in the workplace are beginning to catch up. If we keep going… — Lya Sorano Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting,… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
If life is to survive on this planet, there must be a decontamination of the Earth. I think this will be accompanied… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
If you raise an intelligent girl she will become a feminist because of the facts of her own life. Raising feminist boys… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“What is more of a symbol of eternal growth and change than the Goddess? The eternal spiral of creation. Coiled like a… — Emma Mildon Copy Share Image
“I glance down to what I'm wearing. A crop top, a skirt - it's hot, and it made sense to me. I… — Kyle Labe Copy Share Image
I'm furious about the women's liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That's true,… — Anita Loos Copy Share Image