I'm optimistic, though. Now, with the Arab Spring, I think that people in the region are beginning to overturn some of these… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
The Bobbit case, which brought to life the ancient mythic archetype of woman as castrator, demonstrated that women are as aggressive as… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I wish you would stop and seriously consider, as a broad and long-term feminist political strategy, the conversion of women to a… — Marilyn Frye Copy Share Image
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Womanists is what black feminists used to call themselves. Very much so. They were not the same thing. And also the relationship… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Well, speaking as a feminist, I'm glad that women can lead--uh, groups of unspeakable magical evil." "Yes," Alan said gravely. "It'd be… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
Feminist theory has left an indelible mark on my own critical—and creative—thinking . . . For me, everything I questioned about what… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I know a few women younger than me who have careers and children, and so the burgeoning career and family happen at… — Debra Monroe Copy Share Image
“That said, pointing out inaccurate or unrealistic portrayals of women to younger grade school children-ages five to eight-does seem to be effective,… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share Image
Certainly there's a huge appeal to the '60s, because it was such a big turning point to everyone. It was the era… — Margot Robbie Copy Share Image
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I worry about dying alone, unmarried and childless, because I spent so much time pursuing my career and accumulating degrees. This kind… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and because I believe that the women's movement… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
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Call me old-fashioned, but I thought the one battle we feminists won fair and square was to convince at least those left… — Julie Bindel Copy Share Image
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Much of the appeal of feminism is that it encourages women to do what they always felt like doing anyway: take everything… — Steve Sailer Copy Share Image
How will the family unit be destroyed? ...[T]he demand alone will throw the whole ideology of the family into question, so that… — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
I couldn't reconcile being a progressive feminist with being the mother of a male: advocating for policies that discriminated against him and… — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
It's not easy to diagnose because depending where the endometrial deposits are, the symptoms can be quite different. It's an unrecognized problem… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Feminist effort to end patriarchal domination should be of primary concern precisely because it insists on the eradication of exploitation and oppression… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Let’s take this figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. Does the feminist kill other people’s joy by pointing out moments of sexism?… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
Radical militant feminist believes that women of color and Black women in particular have written the cutting edge theory and really were… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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There are many feminists who work in the media, and they think that feminism is very important. It is in their own… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
The stereotypes of feminists as ugly, or man-haters, or hairy, or whatever it is - that's really strategic. That's a really smart… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
I don't remember being thought of as good-looking until I became a feminist. It's more of a comment on people's expectations than… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
There's a lot of women that wanted no part of this feminist movement way back in the late sixties. The modern era… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
'Basic Black with Pearls' contains overt references to Virginia Woolf and covert ones to feminist classics like Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' and… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I can't fault other writers and directors for how they choose to present themselves, but I just think people are very… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Anytime you have a female protagonist, it's going to turn into some feminist angle, and it's not a conscious thing on my… — Elisabeth Moss Copy Share Image
The war in Afghanistan was fought for feminist reasons, and the Marines were really on this feminist mission. But today, all the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Elizabeth Taylor is pre-feminist woman. This is the source of her continuing greatness and relevance. She wields the sexual power that feminism… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
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I think women of a certain generation, mine in particular, feel like we can have it all because that's what we were… — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
In the US in recent years, around a third of all open management positions have gone to women. My research over the… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
Society does not need more children; but it does need more loved children. Quite literally, we cannot afford unloved children - but… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
When I was a student at Cambridge I remember an anthropology professor holding up a picture of a bone with 28 incisions… — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
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