Brother Quote by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

My mother's a staunch feminist, so I grew up with very strong feminist messages. As a result, I battled her in my teenage years…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.

— Elizabeth Moon

My mom was a housewife, and wasn't somebody that people would think of as a feminist, and when Ms. Magazine came out we were…

— Kathleen Hanna

I grew up definitely a feminist, but I didn't call myself a feminist until I took my first women's studies class in college.

— Jessica Valenti

My mother is the one who taught me to be a lady by her actions. I observed the way that she dressed and the…

— Michele Bachmann

My mother was a feminist and a divorcee who worked. She was very smart.

— Alley Mills

I've been a feminist since I was a teenager, but originally it was because I wanted to make the world a better place for…

— Anna Quindlen

I believe I was raised with feminist values, but I don't think I ever heard my Mom call herself a feminist. Before I identified…

— Julie Zeilinger

I didn't know feminism was actually a thing until I left home and found out the country didn't run the way my mom's house…

— Joss Whedon

My mom wasn't, like, she was reading all these historical romance novels the majority of the time. She read a feminist book and then…

— Kathleen Hanna

My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them.

— Milo Ventimiglia

When I was a kid, I was always around boys. I was always trying to keep up with boys - skateboarding and snowboarding. If…

— Daria Werbowy