I have no use for "men's rights," any more than I have any use for "women's rights," but let us ask: Who… — Robert Stacy McCain Copy Share Image
The most important problem in Iran is that the courts have lost their independence, and they are under the influence of the… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
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“I think of myself as a political idiot. Idiot, in ancient Greece, denoted a common person without access to knowledge and information--all… — Jasmina Tešanović Copy Share Image
Both my parents were Democrats. My dad was definitely more of a fiscally conservative traditional Democrat. My mom was more of a… — Lisa Kennedy Montgomery Copy Share Image
Madonna has a far profounder vision of sex than do the feminists. She sees both the animality and the artifice. Changing her… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“The feminist movement as we have come to know it in recent decades is fundamentally a "con."...As it is considered treasonous to… — Robert Sheaffer Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
I am a feminist and I am totally pro-choice, but what's funny is when you say that people assume that you are… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
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“You are an intriguing combination, half child, half seductress, half angel." I laughed sort and bitterly. "That's what all men like to… — V.C. Andrews Copy Share Image
I know I certainly wouldn't be writing books if it hadn't been for the feminist blogosphere, and I think that's a really… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
I was called a feminist, and what I heard was, 'You are an angry, sex-hating, man-hating victim lady person.' This caricature is… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
All the decent people, male and female, are feminists. The only people who are not feminists are those who believe that women… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
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Things are much more complicated. Feminism versus pornography, for example. There are a lot of feminists who think it is bad, but… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
It really occurred to me at a certain point: women have not been embodied. Feminism has not been embodied. It hasn't gotten… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
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Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there… — Valerie Solanas Copy Share Image
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The exciting thing about getting a label together and doing press for it is that hopefully some 15-year-old girl who is the… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
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I'm not suggesting that all men are beautiful, vulnerable boys, but we all started out that way. What happened to us? How… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Figure out who you are separate from your family, and the man or woman you're in a relationship with. Find who you… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
It is not enough to call yourself a feminist because you are a strong woman. Thatcher was an enemy to feminism, as… — Julie Bindel Copy Share Image
There are Harvard grads, free thinkers, feminists, abolitionists, well-to-do people who want to go write poetry and live on a farm and… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
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