Feminism Quote by Nina Power

“Women's rights must not be treated as trivial adjuncts to great questions of war and peace, poverty and development. What's at stake are not…

— Michelle Goldberg

Feminism has fought no wars ... killed no opponents ... set up no concentration camps ... starved no enemies ... practiced no cruelty. Its…

— Dale Spender

“I argue that even as the war is framed in certain ways to control and heighten affect in relation to the differential grievability of…

— Judith Butler

“The whole point of war is to put women everywhere in that condition. It's always men against women, with the men only pretending to…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“The invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were both justified by an appeal to the emancipation of women, and the discourse of feminism was specifically…

— Nina Power

Women's rights, men's rights-human rights-all are threatened by the everpresent specter of war so destructive now of human material and moral values as to…

— Rosika Schwimmer

Like George Sand, the feminism of the present day asserts the right of free thought against the creed of authority in every field; the…

— Ellen Key

The early feminist argument that violence against women is not inherently a private matter, but has been privatized by the sexist structures of the…

— Angela Davis

“Sylvie was surprised by the rabid patriotism of the women on the platform, surely war should make pacifists of all women?”

— Kate Atkinson

“Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its…

— Dale Spender

“Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those…

— Anne Frank

“Perhaps there is something good that had come from this war: everything has been turned around, all the unfairness made grimly plain. It has…

— Jennifer Ryan