Audio Quote by Anita Sarkeesian

My original goal in the '90s, after I found feminism and I was the first generation in my family to go to college, was…

— Kathleen Hanna

I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it's been a struggle.

— Agnes Varda

I was trying to uphold what I thought feminism was as best I could by supporting women, by trying to create an opportunity to…

— Sarah McLachlan

Feminism gave me a way to see myself in culture, in society, in history, and that was very important.

— Vivian Gornick

“Women of my generation were given the lavish gift of our own agency by feminism—a belief that we could decide for ourselves how we…

— Ariel Levy

I was a young feminist in the '70s. Feminism saved my life. It gave me a life. But I saw how so much of…

— Eve Ensler

Feminism is teaching. I've gotten a lot of pleasure pushing younger writers that I've met and worked with.

— Erica Jong

Since I loved underground music, I tried to carve a space for feminism within it. Those were my hopes.

— Kathleen Hanna

At Brandies I discovered Feminism. And I instantly became a convert... writing brilliant papers in my Myths of Patriarchy class, in which I likened…

— Heather Hart

When I was growing up, the current of feminism was strong. You just had to step off the bank, and you'd be swept up.…

— Nina Tassler

You had a generation of women, of which I'm part, where it was a stigma to be associated with feminism; there was a backlash.…

— Nancy Dubuc

I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and…

— Judith Butler