Action Quote by Gloria Steinem

People don't like the word 'feminism' - that's what needs to change, because we're not going to find another word.

— Bridget Christie

I'm appalled that the word 'feminism' has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to…

— Annie Lennox

This is the real problem feminism faces. Too many people are willfully ignorant about what the word means and what the movement aims to…

— Roxane Gay

Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means.

— Caitlin Moran

People associate feminism with hate - with man hate - and that's really negative. I don't think that's what feminism is about at all…

— Emma Watson

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'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be…

— Annie Lennox

Feminism was a dirty word for a while.

— Miranda Richardson

I don't know why people are so reluctant to say they're feminists. Could it be any more obvious that we still live in a…

— Ellen Page

I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.

— Lydia Lunch

“The Republican abuse of the term feminism in the past decade or so is an astonishing lesson in the politically opportunistic use of language.”

— Nina Power

The idea of what a feminist is has changed so much that there needs to be a new word for it.

— Trinny Woodall