I was not a popular little girl. I played Robinson Crusoe in a small wooden fort that my parents built for me… — Ariel Levy Back Copy Share Image
It's a profound thing to watch another human being come out of your body. — Ariel Levy Body Copy Share Image
I think all the time about the ways in which I'm the beneficiary of the women's movement's success. — Ariel Levy I think Copy Share Image
“Until recently, I lived in a world where lost things could always be replaced. But it has been made overwhelmingly clear to… — Ariel Levy Lost things Copy Share Image
“Why is this the "new feminism" and not what it looks like: the old objectification?” — Ariel Levy Feminism Copy Share Image
“Or maybe it was too late, and I had already chosen, inadvertently and incrementally, to be something else.” — Ariel Levy Too late Copy Share Image
Once I started getting paid to be a writer and not having lots of other gross responsibilities, like making the puzzle or… — Ariel Levy Ambition Copy Share Image
“We decided to get another cat—no, two! A pair of tiny, spotted sisters from an animal shelter on Long Island. We brought… — Ariel Levy Animal shelter Copy Share Image
“But I would be happier if my daughter and her friends were crashing through the glass ceiling instead of the sexual ceiling,'… — Ariel Levy Children Copy Share Image
I'm a writer, not an activist. My job is to analyse things, to think them through and examine them. — Ariel Levy Activist Copy Share Image
“Our national love of porn and pole dancing is not the byproduct of a free and easy society with an earthy acceptance… — Ariel Levy Dance Copy Share Image
“We have to ask ourselves why we are so focused on silent girly-girls in G-strings faking lust. This is not a sign… — Ariel Levy Learning Copy Share Image
“Passion isn't the point. The glossy, overheated thumping of sexuality in our culture is less about connection than consumption. Hotness has become… — Ariel Levy Passion Copy Share Image
I was not big on playing house. I preferred make-believe that revolved around adventure, featuring pirates and knights. I was also domineering,… — Ariel Levy Adventure Copy Share Image
“Proving that you are hot, worthy of lust, and—necessarily—that you seek to provoke lust is still exclusively women’s work.” — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
“But the truth is, the ten or twenty minutes I was somebody’s mother were black magic. There is no adventure I would… — Ariel Levy Black magic Copy Share Image
“The whole point is that everybody gets to marry the person they love.” — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
I feel like I turn into my grandma when I'm pecking away at Twitter. And I don't care. — Ariel Levy Care Copy Share Image
People didn't like me; I was loud and aggressive. People can take it from a 42-year-old, but when you're a little kid,… — Ariel Levy Better Copy Share Image
“The truth is that the new conception of raunch culture as a path to liberation rather than oppression is a convenient (and… — Ariel Levy Feminism Copy Share Image
“You have an affair to get for yourself what you wish would come from the person you love the most. And then… — Ariel Levy Person You Love Copy Share Image
“Without a doubt there are some women who feel their most sexual with their vaginas waxed, their labia trimmed, their breasts enlarged,… — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
Everyone's marriage is different. But everyone's marriage is a compromise. — Ariel Levy Compromise Copy Share Image
“Women's liberation and empowerment are terms feminists started using to talk about casting off the limitations imposed upon women and demanding equality.… — Ariel Levy Feminism Copy Share Image
