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title: "5 Say Feminism Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [What bothers me the most about the way that people appropriate feminist language is that they are the same people who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-valenti/what-bothers-me-the-most-about-the-way-that-people-appropriate/)

[Jessica Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-valenti/)

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> [I think the history of western feminism is one that is fraught with racism, and I think it's important to acknowledge that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-think-the-history-of-western-feminism-is-one-that-is-fraught-with/)

[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/)

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> [It's hard to measure success when we're dealing with between 500 and 5,000 years of patriarchy depending on which continent we sit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/it-s-hard-to-measure-success-when-we-re-dealing-with-between-500-and/)

[Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/)

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> [I don't think you can say that feminism has made women critical of marriage because women have been critical of marriage for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-don-t-think-you-can-say-that-feminism-has-made-women-critical-of/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [“To say that feminism is good for boys, that diversity makes a stronger team, or that collective liberation promises a greater, deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dayna-tortorici/to-say-that-feminism-is-good-for-boys-that-diversity-makes-a-stronger/)

[Dayna Tortorici](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dayna-tortorici/)

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