Feminism Quotes - Page 25

• In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.

  Nancy Astor

  Funny, Women, Empowering

  My Two Countries ch. 1 (1923)

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• Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Inspirational, Witty, Women

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• Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.

  Ruth Gordon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• First of all, feminism is not man-hating, not man-berating. It is not saying we are better. It is just saying we want the same opportunities, and we want to be able to make decisions on our own without being judged for them. We want the same freedom men have enjoyed over the years, so I think that's the place where we are. And it's completely not mutually exclusive at all for how you want to look, how you take care of yourself, how you want to be, what you want to look like.

  Priyanka Chopra

  Opportunity, Men, Thinking

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Feminism means that we all seek to live fulfilled lives, whatever that means for each of us, and we should have the equal ability to do that. Nothing should limit us simply because we're women.

  Mindy Finn

  Mean, Ability, Equal

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• a revolutionary in every bedroom cannot fail to shake up the status quo. And if it is your wife that is revolting, you can't just split to the suburbs. Feminism, when it truly achieves it's goals, will crack through the most basic structures of our society.

  Shulamith Firestone

  Goal, Wife, Splits

  SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX: THE CASE FOR FEMINIST REVOLUTION”

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• Power feminism is just another scam in which women get to play patriarchs and pretend that the power we seek and gain liberates us.

  Bell Hooks

  Play, Scams, Gains

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• I think that blogging and the Internet has completely changed feminism for ever, I think. You know, it used to be, 10 years ago, if you wanted to have a strong, influential voice in the feminist movement, you really needed to be part of this New York/D.C. elite group of feminists, or part of a mainstream feminist organization. And now it's kind of an amazing thing that you can just start a blog and put your voice out there and build your readership.

  Jessica Valenti

  Strong, Thinking, Feminist

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I know I certainly wouldn't be writing books if it hadn't been for the feminist blogosphere, and I think that's a really amazing thing. And just the sheer power of outreach I think is incredible. It used to be that if someone was to get involved in feminism, it was probably because they were already interested. They were already interested in feminism; they were already interested in being an activist, and they found their way to like a NOW meeting or to a consciousness-raising group or something like that.

  Jessica Valenti

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I think feminism has always been global. I think there's feminism everywhere throughout the world. I think, though, for Western feminism and for American feminism, it not so surprisingly continues to center Western feminism and American feminism. And I think the biggest hurdle American feminists have in terms of taking a more global approach is that too often when you hear American feminists talk about international feminism or women in other countries, it kind of goes along with this condescending point of view like we have to save the women of such-and-such country; we have to help them.

  Jessica Valenti

  Country, Thinking, Feminist

  Source: bigthink.com

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• If you are born a female and live as one, you can't deny your connection to feminism. I think if you are a female, you are a feminist. As far as my work goes, I don't want it to be interpreted solely from a feminist perspective, of course, but for a woman to have no interest in feminism or say that it doesn't concern her is self-denial. I know that sexism still exists within various societies and systems, whether blatantly or subtly. We are, however, much better off than previous generations.

  Hyon Gyon

  Thinking, Perspective, Feminist

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• When a guy writes a scene where a woman does a deviant sex act on camera, it's objectifying. But when a woman writes it, it's feminism.

  Whitney Cummings

  Sex, Women, Writing

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• People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong.

  Junot Diaz

  Strong, People, Republic

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. March 8, 2008.

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• I see certain parallels between the debate over feminism where some women argue that women should not be forced to stay at home and take care of children [and debate about hijab]. And there are other women who are saying you are criticizing my decision as a free liberated women to stay home and take care of my children.

  Ari Shapiro

  Children, Home, Decision

  "The Case Against Wearing Hijab To Support Muslim Women". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. December 22, 2015.

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• The Oneida Perfectionists, along with some of the others, believed that feminism, and abolitionism, and other causes that they pursued in their own way without participating with other people outside of their communities, were all piecemeal reforms. That's what makes a utopian a utopian, this idea that they were going to create a whole new world from scratch.

  Christine Jennings

  Ideas, People, Community

  Source: therumpus.net

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• We must reclaim and retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Idiotic, Fellows

  "Hirsi Ali slams feminism's 'trivial BS'" by Ashe Schow, www.washingtonexaminer.com. November 20, 2014.

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• When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing. Yet you know you exist and others like you, that this is a game with mirrors. It takes some strength of soul--and not just individual strength, but collective understanding--to resist this void, this nonbeing, into which are thrust, and to stand up, demanding to be seen and heard.

  Adrienne Rich

  Teacher, Mirrors, Individual Strength

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• I love all those great 'f' words - feminism, folk music.

  Ani DiFranco

  Folks, Folk Music

  MuchMusic Interview, 2003.

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• I get very frustrated when I hear women saying, "Oh, feminism is passé," because I think feminism means empowerment. Men can be feminists, too! Many men are feminists. We need feminism. It's not against men; it's about the empowerment of women. It's the respect of women - giving women equal rights, the same opportunities.

  Annie Lennox

  Strong Women, Mean, Opportunity

  "Annie Lennox Raises Her Voice". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 12, 2008.

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• In the future, women, rather than men, will be the ones to change the world.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Inspiring, Men, World

  "Malala Yousafzai’s Toughest Battle?" by Maria Rioumine and Adnan Rafiq, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2013.

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• If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Inspiring, Giving, Would Be

  "Ginsburg talks gay marriage". www.politico.com. September 16, 2014.

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• Feminism is equality: politically; culturally; socially; economically. That's it, that simple.

  Emma Watson

  Inspiring, Simple, Gender Equality

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• People associate feminism with hate - with man hate - and that's really negative. I don't think that's what feminism is about at all - it's really positive. I think that's why women became reluctant to use the word.

  Emma Watson

  Inspiring, Hate, Men

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• Feminism is not here to dictate to you. It’s not prescriptive, it’s not dogmatic. All we are here to do is give you a choice. If you want to run for President, you can. If you don’t, that’s wonderful, too. I’m lucky I was raised to believe that my opinion at the dinner table was valuable. My mum and I spoke as loudly as my brothers.

  Emma Watson

  Running, Brother, Believe

  "Emma Watson, The December 2014 ELLE Cover Interview" by Lorraine Candy, www.elle.com. March 06, 2015.

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• I'm very proud of being a woman, and as a woman, I don't even like the word feminism because when I hear that word, I associate it with women trying to pretend to be men, and I'm not interested in trying to pretend to be a man. I don't want to embrace manhood, I want to embrace my womanhood.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Men, Trying, Want

  "Evangeline Lilly Is ‘Not Interested In Trying To Pretend To Be A Man’". Interview with Leigh Blickley, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2014.

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