I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“And I *know* I wrote in the above that I hate biographies and reviews that focus on the psychological, surface detail, especially… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
You can't be a strong or cool woman and be represented except in a harsh way, looking mean and cold and hard.… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
Often in red states you find racism, and where you find racism, you also find sexism. — Lynda Carter Copy Share Image
Well into the 19th century there were pronouncements from just about every branch of science and medicine that reading, writing, and thinking… — Dale Spender Copy Share Image
In studying food, you embrace everything. Food exposes the long, complex history of the South - slavery, Jim Crow segregation, class struggle,… — Marcie Cohen Ferris Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“I feel like we should stop calling feminists 'feminists' and just start calling people who aren't feminist 'sexist' – and then everyone… — Maisie Williams Copy Share Image
“This is the underside of my world. Of course you don’t want me to be stupid, bless you! you only want to… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
I have a really good relationship with my label and with people I've worked with since I was younger. I've always had… — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
Racism is over in the 'Star Trek' future, but they found a way to comment on sexism and racism in the present… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
To think that all in me of which my father would have felt proper pride had I been a man, is deeply… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“The fact is, rape is utterly commonplace in all our cultures. It is part of the fabric of everyday life, yet we… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
It is an absolute impossibility in this society to reversely sexually objectify heterosexual men, just as it is impossible for a poor… — Ana Castillo Copy Share Image
“From her handbag she takes a round gilt compact with violets on the cover. She opens it, unclosing her other self, and… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
[Sexism is] behavior, policy, language, or other action of men or women which expresses the institutionalized, systematic, comprehensive, or consistent view that… — Cheris Kramarae Copy Share Image
I've been studying sexism for many years, and it's much easier to document the existence of sexism than it is to document… — Amy Cuddy Copy Share Image
Each instance of sexual harassment has to be judged on its merits. Facts, timing, motives, credibility: all must be considered before we… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I say I'm a rebel. I'm continually fighting against [sexism]. I don't take parts because they're for the sexy girl. I take… — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
Racism and sexism are not "problems" or "topics." They are ways of defining reality and living our lives that most of us… — Paula Rothenberg Copy Share Image
“In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A woman's suffering is never above half known, for the fact of the publicity of her wrongs is counted to her for… — Caroline Norton Copy Share Image
I'm interested in what happens to people when they get into that publicity machine. We tend to think things have changed, but… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image