Best Feminism Wisdom
515 Feminism quotes by 275 unique authors
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Feminism is dead in the world. It comes from another time. I'm a feminist. I want to fight, but I don't see many people with…
— Donatella Versace
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I got more and more politically active and just followed the course of feminism and sexual liberation
— Susie Bright
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From Mozambique to Chad, South Africa and Liberia, Sierra Leone to Burkina Faso, feminism is the buzzword for a generation of women determined to change…
— Mariella Frostrup
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Women, who are the prime victims of religion, and perhaps in some, stockholm syndrome effect, often form the most fervent advocates of the very thing…
— Matthew Chapman
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Janet Mock's honest and sometimes searing journey is a rare and important look into la vida liminal, one that she manages to negotiate remarkably well,…
— Raquel Cepeda
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Irony is about contradictions that do not resolve into larger wholes, even dialectically, about the tension of holding incompatible things together because both or all…
— Donna J. Haraway
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One of the basic tenets of radical feminism is that any woman in the world has more in common with any other woman regardless of…
— Sonia Johnson
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Nearly a half-century on from feminism, simply being a woman artist is still a revolutionary act. And getting one's work shown continues to be met…
— Jerry Saltz
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Feminism is the best thing to come out of the '60's.
— Marianne Faithfull
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Feminist humor raises consciousness. And the reason it's funny is because it stands something on its head. Goodness knows you've got to have a sense…
— Eleanor Smeal
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As the tide of feminism that crested two decades ago recedes and the old advance-and-retreat games of courtship return, "Pride & Prejudice" speaks wistfully to…
— Unknown Author
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I never feel so much myself as when I'm in a hot bath.
— Sylvia Plath
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I am afraid. I am not solid, but hollow. I feel behind my eyes a numb, paralyzed cavern, a pit of hell, a mimicking nothingness.
— Sylvia Plath
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My informal writing style is a political choice, because I want feminism to be more accessible.
— Jessica Valenti
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I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above another.
— Julia Ward Howe
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Feminism is a political mistake. Feminism is a mistake made by women's intellect, a mistake which her instinct will recognize.
— Unknown Author
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On Girls I like being a mouthpiece for the issues I think young females face today. It’s always shocking when people question whether it’s a…
— Lena Dunham
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A viable new feminism must directly confront the realm of practice.
— Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
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Rather than seeing the opportunities that feminism created they very easy morph into expectations.
— Debora Spar
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The enemy of feminism isn’t men. It’s patriarchy, and patriarchy is not men. It is a system, and women can support the system of patriarchy…
— Justine Musk
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I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn’t make certain choices for ourselves.
— Roxane Gay
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When feminism falls short of our expectations, we decide the problem is with feminism rather than with the flawed people who act in the name…
— Roxane Gay
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Feminism's failings do not mean we should eschew feminism entirely. People do terrible things all the time, but we don't regularly disown our humanity. We…
— Roxane Gay
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In truth, feminism is flawed because it is a movement powered by people and people are inherently flawed.
— Roxane Gay
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Feminism, unlike almost every other social movement, is not a struggle against a distinct oppressor - it's not the ruling class or the occupiers or…
— Kavita Ramdas
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