--- title: "8 Want Feminist Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Want Feminist quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Want Feminist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/jessica-valenti-1960_argument_i-hear-from-a-lot-of-young-women-you-kno_1224279.png" --- > [I hear from a lot of young women, you know, I don't want to call myself a feminist because I don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-valenti/i-hear-from-a-lot-of-young-women-you-know-i-don-t-want-to-call-myself/) [Jessica Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-valenti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/jessica-valenti-1960_argument_i-hear-from-a-lot-of-young-women-you-kno_1224279.png) > [I would love for everyone to be a feminist, but I have to respect people's choices. If you don't want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-would-love-for-everyone-to-be-a-feminist-but-i-have-to-respect/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ba/roxane-gay-520_choices_i-would-love-for-everyone-to-be-a-femini_1707659.png) > [I still don't want to be put in the feminist bag. I'm a humanist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-still-don-t-want-to-be-put-in-the-feminist-bag-i-m-a-humanist/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/patti-smith-394_bags_i-still-don-t-want-to-be-put-in-the-femi_1957516.jpg) > [I write for women because it's the only way I can use what I've experienced. It's good that people like what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-saunders/i-write-for-women-because-it-s-the-only-way-i-can-use-what-i-ve/) [Jennifer Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/jennifer-saunders-11354_because_i-write-for-women-because-it-s-the-only_1982698.jpg) > [I want to do the most feminist, radical film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celine-sciamma/i-want-to-do-the-most-feminist-radical-film/) [Celine Sciamma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celine-sciamma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/celine-sciamma-9187_cinema_i-want-to-do-the-most-feminist-radical-f_2357062.jpg) > [I think people resist feminism because they're scared. I think for women, they're scared of being picked on or of being called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-valenti/i-think-people-resist-feminism-because-they-re-scared-i-think-for-2/) [Jessica Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-valenti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/jessica-valenti-1960_argument_i-think-people-resist-feminism-because-t_2443337.png) > [Leaning her silly, beautiful, drunken head on my shoulder, she said, "Oh, Esther, I don't want to be a feminist. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-russ/leaning-her-silly-beautiful-drunken-head-on-my-shoulder-she-said-oh/) [Joanna Russ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-russ/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/joanna-russ-7942_awful_leaning-her-silly-beautiful-drunken-head_2488237.jpg) > [My mother didn't want me to be a feminist, a radical, political person, because she was scared. She wanted me to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/my-mother-didn-t-want-me-to-be-a-feminist-a-radical-political-person/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a2/isabel-allende-266_because_my-mother-didn-t-want-me-to-be-a-feminis_2737213.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want-feminist/#itemlist", "name": "Want Feminist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I hear from a lot of young women, you know, I don't want to call myself a feminist because I don't want to get in an argument with someone. 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