Feminist Quotes - Page 23

• The way I feel about Crunk Feminists. Here you have a bunch of bloggers who are not even quoting any feminists' works who are telling me what I can do better when I've been doing this as my life's work while y'all still in college! What are you talking about? And their criticism was of the idea that we should approach people like Rick Ross and Lil' Wayne with love when they have lyrics that we don't like, as opposed to approaching them with hate. That's their issue: How dare I say I approach Rick Ross with love!

  Talib Kweli

  Hate, College, People

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• The founder of Crunk Feminists is a Christian. If you claim to be a Christian, but then you attack somebody for saying you should approach a problem with love, you're not being a true Christian.

  Talib Kweli

  Christian, Love You, Problem

  "Talib Kweli Stands His Ground". Interview With AJ Vicens, www.motherjones.com. August 26, 2013.

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• To be honest, that whole exchange with Crunk Feminist actually made me write the song because I realize there's a lot of young women out there so hurt by the misogynistic images in hip-hop they paint it with such a broad brush stroke that they think anybody that defends hip-hop is defending misogyny.

  Talib Kweli

  Song, Hurt, Writing

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• I am very clear that I am not a feminist. It puts you into a category and I don't like that.

  Marina Abramovic

  Categories, Clear

  "Meltdown 2012 - Marina Abramovic: 'Artists can do whatever they want'". Interview with Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2012.

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• I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.

  Pamela Anderson

  Believe, Rights, Doors

  "Question time". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2008.

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• I am not afraid; I was born to do this.

  Joan of Arc

  Inspirational, Tattoo, Fear

  "While We Wait: Spiritual and Practical Advice for Those Trying to Adopt" by Heidi Schlumpf, (p. 37), 2009.

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• We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

  Margaret Atwood

  Inspirational, Life, Powerful

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• I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.

  David Bailey

  Thinking, Terrible Times, Hated

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• I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.

  Ruth Benedict

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strong Women

  Ruth Benedict (2011). “An Anthropologist at Work”, p.140, Transaction Publishers

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• Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody.

  Bjork

  Girl, Support, Lessons

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• I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.

  Elayne Boosler

  Funny, Inspiring, Women

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• I read that book Fat is a Feminist issue, got a bit desperate halfway through and ate it.

  Jo Brand

  Book, Issues, Desperate

  "Jo Brand: fat jokes matter". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2011.

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• There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber.

  Jo Brand

  Groups, Different, Straightforward

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• I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Charlotte Bronte (2004). “Jane Eyre”, p.130, Variocity

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• The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.

  Betty Buckley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Rights

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• I believe, literally, in the God of the Old Testament, whom I understand as the Lord of the Jews and the Protestants. I'm a Christian Zionist, as well as a Christian feminist and a Christian socialist.

  Julie Burchill

  Christian, Believe, Old Testament

  "For the love of Christ" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2008.

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• Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

  Lewis Carroll

  Writing, Thinking, Think Before You Speak

  Lewis Carroll “Alice in Wonderland”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• I'm not a misogynist, so you can dispense with that. I think I've done wonders for the feminist movement.

  Nick Cave

  Thinking, Done, Movement

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• If you say you're not a feminist, you're almost denying your own existence.

  Margaret Cho

  Existence, Ifs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You hear younger women say, 'I don't believe I'm a feminist. I believe women should have equal right and I believe in fighting for the rights of other women, but I'm certainly not a feminist. No, no, not that!' It's just a word. If you called it 'Fred' would it be better?

  Gail Collins

  Believe, Fighting, Rights

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• A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: it's the humanitarian principle he's defending, I suppose.

  Rachel Cusk

  Men, Principles, Vegetarian

  Rachel Cusk (2012). “Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation”, p.13, Faber & Faber

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• It is living, not thinking, as a feminist that has become the challenge.

  Rachel Cusk

  Inspirational, Motivational, Thinking

  "Rachel Cusk: 'Divorce is only darkness'". Interview with Katharine Viner, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2012.

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• Despite the fact that feminists say they're not getting a fair deal, women are still very powerful.

  Les Dawson

  Powerful, Facts, Deals

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous 'girl power' sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think it's a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion.

  Ani DiFranco

  Girl, Fashion, Thinking

  "Interview: Righteous Babe Ani DiFranco". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. September 8, 1999.

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• Either you are a feminist or you are a sexist/misogynist. There is no box marked 'other'.

  Ani DiFranco

  Sexist, Boxes

  "'I'm considering a revolution'". Interview with Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. October 9, 2007.

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