Activism Quote by Rebecca Solnit

“This semester has born in me the flame of hope to one day become a leader in the modern feminist movement. I can and…

— Christy Leigh Stewart

“Larsson was an active and lifelong feminist, partly for personal reasons but also because he saw that ending gender slavery was as crucial to…

— Elizabeth Farrelly

As a woman thrust on to the political stage and baffled by the anger and depth of negative feeling I have been targeted with,…

— Gina Miller

“The feminist philosophy that has shaped my thinking has been articulated most clearly by Marilyn Frye;67 Catharine MacKinnon68 has been influential in my understanding…

— Robert Jensen

... feminist solidarity rooted in a commitment to progressive politics must include a space for rigorous critique, for dissent, orwe are doomed to reproduce…

— Bell Hooks

“Solidarity is identifying with one another without feeling like you have to agree on every issue. It’s unity, not uniformity. It’s listening without rushing…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“Feminism remains a crucial element of any program for social justice today, which is why patriarchal forces attempt to eliminate or marginalize feminist ideas.”

— Robert Jensen

“The feminist challenge was sweeping: it embraced education and occupation, together with legal, political, and social status. It even dared broach the subject of…

— Cynthia Russett

“The letting go of patriarchy which creates one-sided citizens of women and men alike and culminates in violent living and violent relationships.”

— Matthew Fox

“Blacks complained that most leaders were white, which was true. Feminists complained that most all were men, which was also true. Soon black women…

— Mark Lilla

“The anger that was coursing through America deeply worried her. Although she was too young to remember the beginnings of the civil rights, anti–Vietnam…

— John Sandford

“Feminism was good for me, as were any number of causes, but as I developed as a thinking person, the truisms and dogmas of…

— Siri Hustvedt