...One of the reasons so many women say "I'm not a feminist but..." (and then put forward a feminist position), is that… — Susan J. Douglas Copy Share Image
The chief glory of a woman is not to be talked of, said Pericles, himself a much-talked-of-man. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I literally would go to see Tina Turner any opportunity I had because being in the presence of Tina Turner was like… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I view the prostitute as one of the few women who is totally in control of her fate, totally in control of… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
People seem to think, because of the way that the media has appropriated third-wave feminism or young feminism, that all young feminists… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
At one point, 'feminist' became a pejorative term. How did that happen? If you're a feminist, you're basically saying you're a humanist. — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
... feminist solidarity rooted in a commitment to progressive politics must include a space for rigorous critique, for dissent, orwe are doomed… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I certainly wouldn't be writing books if it hadn't been for the feminist blogosphere, and I think that's a really amazing thing. — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Oh, am I a feminist? I usually say that I was an accidental feminist. Really, I was just being me. — Margaret Trudeau Copy Share Image
A writer will write with or without a movement; but at the same time, for Chicano, lesbian, gay and feminist writers-anybody writing… — Cherrie Moraga Copy Share Image
A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, 'for a man you're kind of ignorant'. — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
“Valérie: "You know, you don't need to be a lesbian to be a feminist. Nor do you need short hair to be… — Clémentine Beauvais Copy Share Image
I honestly feel that most young women out there are feminists - they just don't know that the word "feminism" describes the… — Julie Zeilinger Copy Share Image
I'm really aware of how feminism and feminist rhetoric has been appropriated by the right. — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I think that the same kind of openness and fluidity and willingness to interrogate power that we, as feminists, expect from men… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
Considering yourself a feminist doesn't make you one. Being an empathic human who can see both sides of a coin is feminism's… — Teri Gender Bender Copy Share Image
For instance, I may bring a certain feminist perspective to my songwriting, because that's how I see life. I'm interested in art,… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The minute my child was born, I was reborn as a feminist. It's so incredible what women can do... birthing naturally, as… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
“A lady decidedly. Fast? perhaps. Original? undoubtedly. Worth knowing? rather.” — George Egerton Copy Share Image
Long before I became a feminist in any explicit way, I had turned from writing love stories about women in which women… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
A feminist is a person who wants equal things for men and women, and I definitely believe in that. This doesn't mean… — Aishwarya Lekshmi Copy Share Image
