Quote by Mary Beard Download Open image ““It is, however, with Hillary Clinton that we see the Medusa theme at its starkest and nastiest.”” — Mary Beard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“But more important, the scapegoating tone and tenor revealed that the Clintons were either living on another planet or at least having emotional and… — Jonathan Allen Copy Share Image
“There was a certain duality to Hillary’s vast political empire: while it was true that most of the voices inside and outside the campaign… — Jonathan Allen Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, it was a battle between those who believed that it was folly to think Hillary could show up in lower-population areas and change… — Jonathan Allen Copy Share Image
“Hillary’s campaign was so spirit-crushing that her aides eventually shorthanded the feeling of impending doom with a simple mantra: We’re not allowed to have… — Jonathan Allen Copy Share Image
“That present she left in the bathroom was special. It's not a funk, it's a biological weapon. The Pentagon should be taking notes.” — Gasmaskman Copy Share Image
“The people on television scoffing and laughing at mediocrity - they are the real mediocrity.” — Martinus Hendrikus Benders Copy Share Image
“She is but a woman and many unsound and dangerous principles are held by her.” — John Cotton Copy Share Image
“There were moments when Hilary saw life as tending always towards chaos, when it seemed that all one could be asked was just to… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
We have never escaped a certain male cultural desire for women's silence. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“we have no template for what a powerful woman looks like, except that she looks rather like a man.” — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“(In the Afghan parliament, apparently, they disconnect the mics when they don’t want to hear the women speak).” — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
I've chosen to be this way because that's how I feel comfortable with myself. That's how I am. It's about joining up the dots… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
People who exploit others come to spend an enormous amount of energy wondering about and justifying that exploitation. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
Wherever possible, I try to see things from the other side of the dividing line and to read civilisation 'against the grain.' — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
I remember plastering the kitchen with Black Power pictures of Angela Davis. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“thinking about power as an attribute or even a verb (‘to power’), not as a possession.” — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
If women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine rather than… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image