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Feminist Quotes by Roxane Gay
- I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.
- Maybe I'm a bad feminist, but I am deeply committed to the issues important to the feminist movement. I have strong opinions about misogyny, institutional…
- We don't all have to believe in the same feminism. Feminism can be pluralistic so long as we respect the different feminisms we carry with…
- I am failing as a woman. I am failing as a feminist. To freely accept the feminist label would not be fair to good feminists.…
- I think it was really entering my 30s that I began to embrace feminism and call myself a feminist.
- I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we…
- Beyonce is not above critique. As a feminist herself, I hope Beyonce would welcome it.
More Feminist Quotes
- We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. — Margaret Atwood
- I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything. — David Bailey
- The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. — Roseanne Barr
- I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women. — Ruth Benedict
- Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather… — Bjork
- I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body. — Elayne Boosler
- I read that book 'Fat is a Feminist Issue', got a bit desperate halfway through and ate it. — Jo Brand
- There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber. — Jo Brand
- I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. — Charlotte Bronte
- One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us. — Tammy Bruce
- The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people. — Betty Buckley
- A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men. — Julie Burchill