Determination Quote by Lindy West

“Women most often experience shame as a web of layered, conflicting, and competing social-community expectations. The expectations dictate who we should be, what we…

— Brené Brown

“Paradoxically .. the very feminist movement that gave women more options also helped create pressure on many of us to be strong, successful, and…

— Robin Stern

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

— Brené Brown

I am constantly surprised that the simple word 'feminism' raises more eyebrows and initiates more sad-faced head-shaking than any elaborate stream of invective I…

— Gina Barreca

Rather than seeing the opportunities that feminism created they very easy morph into expectations.

— Debora Spar

There are people who view their feminism in different ways. I used to beat myself up if I didn't react to things like I…

— Kathleen Hanna

Feminism liberated women from the natural dignity of their sex and turned them into inferior men.

— Francis Parker Yockey

“Shame is paralyzing and debilitating. It invites us not to be heard, at least not in an authentic way. Acting courageously when shame enters…

— Harriet Lerner

Feminism was a dirty word for a while.

— Miranda Richardson

There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability.

— Rachel Hunter

“Shame, as an emotion, has a core meaning, in relating individuals to wider social groups and norms -- real or imagined.”

— Peter N. Stearns

Shame doesn't exist as an emotion without the projected or perceived sense of judgment coming from somewhere else.

— Leslie Jamison