Feminist Quotes - Page 30

• 'A mother must put on her oxygen mask first, in order to be able to help her children' - I see this instruction on airplanes as an appropriate metaphor for feminist mothering. Mothers, empowered, are able to better care for and protect their children

  Andrea O'Reilly

  Mom, Mother, Children

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• I wanted to start a website for teenaged girls that was not kind of this one-dimensional strong character empowerment thing, because one thing that can be very alienating about a misconception of feminism is that girls then think that to be feminists, they have to live up to being perfectly consistent in their beliefs, never being insecure, never having doubts, having all the answers...and this is not true and actually, recognizing all the contradictions I was feeling became easier once I realized that feminism was not a rule book but a discussion, a conversation, a process.

  Tavi Gevinson

  Girl, Strong, Badass

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• We cannot educate white women and take them by the hand. Most of us are willing to help but we can't do the white woman's homework for her. That's an energy drain. More times than she cares to remember, Nellie Wong, Asian American feminist writer, has been called by white women wanting a list of Asian American women who can give readings or workshops. We are in danger of being reduced to purvey­ors of resource lists.

  Gloria E. Anzaldúa

  Reading, Hands, White

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• But I really resist categories – that naming is a closing down of meaning. Women's art, political art – those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality which I'm resistant to. But I absolutely define myself as a feminist.

  Barbara Kruger

  Art, Political, Kind

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• The work is what it is and hopefully it's seen as feminist work, or feminist-advised work, but I'm not going to go around espousing theoretical bullshit about feminist stuff.

  Cindy Sherman

  Feminist Art, Bullshit, Stuff

  "Studio: Cindy Sherman". Interview with Betsy Berne, www.tate.org.uk. June 1, 2003.

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• I wouldn’t want to be labelled unless it was something much broader and inclusive such as an ecological artist or a visionary artist, but there’s a constraint in the definition of a feminist artist, you’re an artist and you’re a feminist.

  Carolee Schneemann

  Artist, Visionaries, Definitions

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• My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet…is that they all realize their worth and ask for it.

  Taylor Swift

  Girl, Realizing, Young

  "For Taylor Swift, the Future of Music Is a Love Story". www.wsj.com. July 7, 2014.

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• Obviously I’m a feminist. It’s ridiculous that anyone would think other of me.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Thinking, Ridiculous

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• I am a feminist and I am totally pro-choice, but what's funny is when you say that people assume that you are pro-abortion. I don't love abortion but I want women to be able to choose and I don't want white dudes in an office being able to make laws on things like this. I mean what are we going to do - go back to clothes hangers?

  Ellen Page

  Mean, White, Clothes

  "Ellen Page: 'I'm totally pro-choice. I mean what are we going to do – go back to clothes hangers?'". Interview with Lisa O'Kelly, www.theguardian.com. April 4, 2010.

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• I would [call myself a feminist], yes. I believe in the unadulterated advancement of women. And we have so far to go still. I do think because women are so clever and flexible and such good communicators, it been hard for men to evolve and keep up. I think we could do a little better to help them out.

  Rashida Jones

  Clever, Believe, Men

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• A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists.

  Helen Reddy

  Firsts, Appearance, Turned Off

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• And you go into a supermarket and every tabloid is like, 'Pregnant and Alone!' Stuck in the 1950s ideal of how a woman should live her life. This brings out the fiery feminist in me.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Tabloids, Should, Stuck

  "Zooey Deschanel Shows Her "Fiery Feminist Side" In the August Issue of InStyle". www.instyle.com. July 07, 2014.

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• The way I view feminism — and I know there are a lot of different things going on — but, at its purest form, to me, it's a very positive, supportive, nurturing, empowerment thing. I mean, God, who isn't a feminist? If you don't think women are as good as men, you're not a good person. I like to think that most of the population of people worth being friends with are feminists, if that's what feminism means.

  Kat Dennings

  Mean, Men, Thinking

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• I don't know why it's still a taboo to be a feminist.

  Gemma Arterton

  Taboo, Stills, Knows

  "The Saturday interview: Gemma Arterton" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2011.

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• The radical feminists succeeded in undermining the traditional family and convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness.

  Rick Santorum

  Keys, Accomplishment, Key To Happiness

  Rick Santorum (2014). “It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good”, p.88, Open Road Media

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• Radical feminists have been making the pitch that justice demands that men and women be given an equal opportunity to make it to the top in the workplace.

  Rick Santorum

  Opportunity, Men, Justice

  Rick Santorum (2014). “It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good”, p.87, Open Road Media

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• Of course I’m a feminist…if you’re not for the equal treatment of men and women, then you’re a fascist.

  Jessica Pare

  Men, Fascists, Equal

  "Susan Patton: The Anti-Singlehood Crusader" by Erin Gibson, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 20, 2014.

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• It is not a dirty word, "feminism." I just think that women belong in the human population with the same rights as everybody else... The problem is, "A feminist looks like this, or is like that." We are taught not to like ourselves as women, we are taught what we're supposed to look like, what our measurements are supposed to be. I never hear what measurements men are supposed to be. Just women.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Dirty, Men, Thinking

  "Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of that Decadent Decade". Book by Matthew Rettenmund, October 15, 1996.

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• How can one be a woman and not be a feminist? That's my question.

  Debbie Harry

  "Debbie Harry: 'I'm more anonymous than Gaga or Madonna. I'm more of a cult figure'". Interview With Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

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• When a feminist as strident as Garofalo is defending the Hussein regime, you have to wonder if her newfound sobriety has hit a rough patch.

  Ann Coulter

  Sobriety, Rough Patches, Hussein

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• I am a humanist not a feminist. Theres a big difference.

  Lydia Lunch

  Differences, Bigs, Humanist

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• I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.

  Lydia Lunch

  Thinking, Names, People

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• For me, now, feminist art must show a consciousness of women's social and economic position in the world. I also believe it demonstrates forms and perceptions that are drawn from a sense of spiritual kinship between women.

  Suzanne Lacy

  Spiritual, Art, Believe

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• Part of the problem of being a feminist is that you feel you have to be actively doing things 
to relieve women’s plight. Actually, feminism is just thinking 
we should have the same rights as men.

  Evie Wyld

  Men, Thinking, Rights

  "Evie Wyld vs Naomi Wolf". Dazed & Confused head-to-head interview, www.dazeddigital.com. January 22, 2014.

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• Public 'career feminists' have been more concerned with getting more women into 'boardrooms,' when the problem is that there are altogether too many boardrooms, and none of them are on fire.

  Laurie Penny

  Fire, Careers, Problem

  Laurie Penny (2014). “Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution”, p.12, A&C Black

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