“They say they give their women more freedom, but there's still the impression that the freedom was theirs to 'give' in the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The pitfall of the feminist is the belief that the interests of men and women can ever be severed; that what brings… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Feminists often discuss women having two jobs: work and children. True. But no one discusses those divorced and remarried men who have… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
I think we get into very dangerous territory when we start to define who can and cannot be a feminist. It's such… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
My feminist training was that this was your goal, to be a self-sufficient woman, but that is a miscalculation. It's just not… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love,… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
Being a feminist simply means you believe in equal rights, and I think if you ask anybody if they believe in equal… — Leighton Meester Copy Share Image
The feminist establishment has made choice a woman's issue. The Christian right has made life a religious issue. Both have made loyalty… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
I am a writer and a feminist, and the two seem to be constantly in conflict… ever since I became loosely involved… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
For throughout history, you can read the stories of women who - against all the odds - got being a woman right,… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
One absolutely crucial change is that feminist film theory is today an academic subject to be studied and taught. "Visual Pleasure and… — Laura Mulvey Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm a bad feminist, but I am deeply committed to the issues important to the feminist movement. I have strong opinions… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Being a woman writer, I would be deceiving myself if I said I write completely through the eye of a man. There's… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
If white American feminist theory need not deal with the differences between us, and the resulting difference in our oppressions, then how… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
There's a feminist critique of Muslim Arbitration Tribunals, which I'm certainly not unsympathetic to, because as I keep saying, I come from… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
I know a lot of women who embody what it means to be a feminist but do not want to use that… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
WHEN AT 15, MY GIRLFRIENDS STARTED DROPPING OUT OF THEIR BELOVED SPORTS TEAMS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR MUSCLE-Y, WHEN AT… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you have a man. Well, in some ways… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
“His eyes narrowed, and I could see the reflexive No in them. I would come to know this type of man, jealous… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
The goal of feminist spirituality has never been the simple substitution of Yahweh-with-a-skirt. Rather, it seeks, in all its diversity, to revitalize… — Charlene Spretnak Copy Share Image
Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather… — Bjork Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that finding a husband at university made me any less of a feminist or an academic. I still soaked… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
“With still, underneath, the old respectable-girl-versus-slut thing. It’s OK to fuck around if you’re a feminist but it’s also not OK to… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Open marriage' is an invention of a feminist era. The idea is to have a marriage where dalliances are tolerated or even… — Amanda Marcotte Copy Share Image
“But I had to think to myself that this was normal, because that was the attitude. I was 19 when I went… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
This crusade to separate church and state is only one expression of my raison d'être. I'm an atheist, but I'm also an… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I don't like the word feminist. I don't think women trying to be men is feminism. I also don't believe in being… — Lisa Haydon Copy Share Image
He was sexual in a way that made women think of deeply repressed fantasies therapists and feminists alike would cringe to hear… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
The music that I will continue to make will certainly draw upon those experiences of being a loner, of being an emo… — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
I feel like that when I read certain feminist blogs or feminist magazines, where it's not even so much we've gone backwards,… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
I'm a feminist; I grew up with feminism, but I also think there's a way in which we need to shake things… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I do think it's important that there are feminist publications that are not dependent or only marginally dependent on advertising. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I’d like every man who doesn’t call himself a feminist to explain to the women in his life why he doesn’t believe… — Louise Brealey Copy Share Image
Until a vegan or vegetarian enters the room, people don't see themselves as meat-eaters. They are merely 'eaters', and it is we… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
Patriarchy is bestowed on men at birth. Whether you want it or not, you have a privilege as a man, and you… — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to grow up in France with amazing parents who allowed me to understand the importance of activism. My… — Dominique Crenn Copy Share Image
To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm a woman and a lesbian and a feminist and a Jew and so many other things, and those identities are a… — Sally Kohn Copy Share Image
Violence against women is a huge issue. A good feminist should be working on that - making the world a safer place… — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
