Black Quote by Alice Walker

Feminism as a theoretical enterprise is approached differently by Black women depending on where we are. There are more reformist Black women who tend…

— Bell Hooks

I suggest that Black feminist thought consists of specialised knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for Black women. In…

— Patricia Hill Collins

I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.

— Annie Lennox

I just don't know any other word than "feminist" that describes a person who believes women are people.

— Ani DiFranco

When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.

— Jessica Williams

I don't like that word: feminist.

— Megyn Kelly

Womanists is what black feminists used to call themselves. Very much so. They were not the same thing. And also the relationship with men.…

— Toni Morrison

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black:…

— June Jordan

I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women.

— Jessica Valenti

Ecofeminism is a good term for distinguishing a feminism that is ecological from the kind of feminisms that have become extremely technocratic. I would…

— Vandana Shiva

Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a…

— Annie Lennox

I try to encourage myself to act in a way that supports gender equality, and I call that feminist. Whatever word people want to…

— O. T. Fagbenle