Feminist Quotes
In order to validate our Africanness, we hold on to tradition at all cost, banning critical engagement in an attempt to preserve its sacredness
I can’t even believe the world we live in. My parents raised me to work hard, not to ever expect any handouts in life – and to treat people with respect.
The deeper into this chapter in my life I get, the fainter the hum of crucifixion becomes.
She was simply Asha, a woman on her own. Had the situation been otherwise, she might not have come to know her own brain.
Incarceration is when nobody writes a happy ending for a woman without a man.
Feminism is a way of thinking and being, not a way of dressing. You know a feminist by her gaze, not her neckline.
Batman doesn’t want a baby in order to feel he’s ‘done everything’. He’s just saved Gotham again! If this means that Batman must be a feminist role model above, say, Nicola Horlick, then so be it.
Her wedding ring, her gentle brush-offs, and her outright rejection had been minor obstacles compared to the big no of another man kissing her cheek.
Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting, and I turned my mind firmly to the problem at hand.
the human mind was no better than in its earliest period of savagery, only better informed
To be a woman is to be a fighter! A woman has to be strong and has to fight every moment of her life - against a society that believes in patriarchy, chauvinism and male privilege!
A world that does not love, respect and protect its Women is doomed to perish! Because Women are Mother Earth!
Feminism...is not 'women as victims' but women refusing to be victims.
It wouldn’t be very ladylike to punch a guy in the balls, but it isn’t very manlike to harass a woman because she has different parts and a sweet face.
A man who would be intimidated by me is exactly the kind of man I would have no interest in.
If we are serious about change, we have to dig - preferably with plenty of company and with a full appreciation of the fact that although we did not start the fire, it belongs to us now.
I know formidable women, dozens of them, women who fight and who win... Noble women. Heroic ones.
Today's feminism infantilizes women. If feminism is not about freedom, then what the heck is it for? It just becomes a grievance lobby of victimhood games.
In India, a "bride burning"-- to punish a woman for inadequate dowry or to eliminate her so a man can remarry-- takes place approximately once every two hours, but rarely constitute news.
Imagine the outcry if the Pakistani or Indian governments were burning women alive at those rates. Yet when the government is not directly involved people shrug.
The pursuit and preservation of purity can drive prejudice and hate. Many crimes against humanity have been committed in its name. Purity is best applied to water.
Knowing what I know today about how deeply the word feminist threatens the existing social compact, to say radical feminist now seems to me almost redundant. (Robin Morgan)
I'm not a feminist. Many of those who carry its flag are as selfish as male chauvinists. They want privileges but not responsibilities. Bullies hiding under a fine cause.
You can't exploit a woman who has based her entire career on exploiting herself.
I am not a Damsel In Distress who needs a Prince Charming. I am more of Rani Laxmi Bai who rides a Sturdy Horse.
I don't think we can afford to emulate the beauty editors of fashion magazines, airbrushing out blemishes and hawking a political ideal in which progressive people have no acne, no stupid remarks.
Putting aside your blatant patriarchal biases in assuming the necessary presence of a male familial figurehead, yes, I had a nice brunch, thanks.
Your true passion in life is what you’d be doing if somebody handed you 100 million dollars.
Ladies, when you write a poem for Feminism because that is what we sometimes do, remember that it's never about them. It's only about you.
It's as if our girls don't understand that they can be recognized for other things--their goals, their brains. Not just their bodies.
I felt bad for the girls in my school, who flocked to prom like it was the second coming of Christ, complete with double-rainbows and unicorns.
Always happens with men. They promise friendship. They promise to treat you as an equal. In the end, all they want is to possess you.
You are either in a state of perfection or a state of learning. Reading is one of the best ways to learn about our lives and purpose!
It was a rotten time to try to be a man in America. Until Blue came along I’d never even spent time around a man. Hell, I’d never even seen one. Where were all the men in this once great land?
A woman brings so much more to the world than birth, for she can birth discovery, intelligence, invention, art, just as well as any man.
No, I'm the human here. I'm the life at stake. I'm the one with fingernails, who feels pain.Me.
It says a lot about Sandberg’s brand of feminism that this campaign focuses on policing language rather than bringing attention to important issues that have real impact on women and girls
And I breathe large at home. I drop my cloak, Unclasp my girdle, loose the band that tiesMy hair...now could I but unloose my soul!We are sepulchred alive in this close world, And want more room.
Unfortunately, power is something that women abjure once they perceive the great difference between the lives possible to men and to women...
You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell howl!
Communist until you get rich. Feminist until you get married. Atheist until the airplane starts falling.
She prayed for that all through the night, uncertain to Whom or what, but with a feeling that almost resembled faith.
