I've heard a hundred different variations of instances of unadulterated female victimhood, yet the silence of the feminists is deafening. Where two… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
One can't imagine a Hollywood film whose entire purpose was to ridicule, say, homosexual activists, feminists, animal rights crusaders, or environmentalists. That… — Lloyd Billingsley Copy Share Image
As I grew up and began identifying myself as a feminist, there were plenty of issues that continued to make me question… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Monarchs not only fashion their age, but are fashioned by it, so that they can become a sort of personification of the… — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
“Re-vision--the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction--is for women… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
There's really educated women out there who are feminists and they have read up on their stuff. They can talk to me… — Lizzo Copy Share Image
I find a lot of feminist reading quite confusing and that often there's a set of rules, and people will be like,… — Lorde Copy Share Image
A lot of women seem to have a similar attitude, - 'I'm not a feminist' - and it gets wearying. What's wrong… — Mary Stott Copy Share Image
“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product… — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
“The most profound betrayal of feminist issues has been the lack of mass-based feminist protest challenging the government’s assault on single mothers… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Men are rapists, batterers, plunderers, killers; these same men are religious prophets, poets, heroes, figures of romance, adventure, accomplishment, figures ennobled by… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
My own feminist revolution evolved slowly, and traveled the world with me. To this day I have no idea what dissident professor… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Back when I was modeling, the first time I went to Italy, I was having cappuccinos every day, and I gained 15… — Christina Hendricks Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“She strode forward, steeling her tune against the terrible cries which threatened to tear her emotions from her and leave her half-conscious.… — Steven Raaymakers Copy Share Image
I feel in my bones that Lady Gaga is a true strident feminist and good for my soul - but how do… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“Since middle-class Western women can best be weakened psychologically now that we are stronger materially, the beauty myth, as it has resurfaced… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
All efforts at self-transformation challenge us to engage in on-going, critical self-examination and reflection about feminist practice, and about how we live… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I think anyone who wants the social, political and economic equality for women can call themselves a feminist. It does get trickier,… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
When I first read Helen Weinzweig's 'Basic Black with Pearls' several years ago, I emerged in the sort of daze that happens… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
Anais Nin shows an occasional grace in writing, but her work is quite foreign to me, precisely because she wants so much… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Victorian feminists made the mistake of making membership of the sisterhood conditional on signing up to a particular policy agenda. Marxist feminists… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack in an… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
An ethic of maternalism was central to the utopianism of 19th century feminists. I don't think that today's women see motherhood as… — Clare Wright Copy Share Image
Am I feminist? I don't know. I'm not really sure what that is. I am all up for equality to a certain… — Anthony Joshua Copy Share Image
As I started to explore my gender identity, I didn't know how I could claim the title of 'feminist' without subscribing to… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
“Why do you allow yourselves to be shut up?' 'Because it cannot be helped as they are stronger than women.' 'A lion… — Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Copy Share Image
Younger feminists actually care about stuff that came before them, the same way that I totally cared about and loved and felt… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Under patriarchy, no woman is safe to live her life, or to love, or to mother children. Under patriarchy, every woman is… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
The world - and America - has been defined by people who haven't necessarily abided by the laws and the rules. Civil… — Rory Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Listen my dear sister! You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken. Say to yourself, I… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“But why give a man something it's so hard to earn? In that respect women are really thick. They're the daughters of… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I don't care about controversies. I am a young woman with an opinion about certain things. I can't be diplomatic. I am… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
Here's my feeling: For everyone, men and women, it's important to be a feminist. It's important to have female characters. It's wonderful… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
To the "masculists" of both sexes, "femininity" implies all that men have built into the female image in the past few centuries:… — Elizabeth Gould Davis Copy Share Image
Controlling women as the means of reproduction is made even more necessary by any race or caste or class system. It just… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
