Feminist Quotes

Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.

Elizabeth Moon
- Mind
- Mother
- Feminist
Women somehow get portrayed as one type. You're either a feminist or you're not. You're a working woman or you're not. I'm raising two girls, and I say to them, 'I need you to be strong and soft. You can be smart and beautiful... You can be all of these things.'

Maria Shriver
- Women
- Beautiful
- Strong

I'm a woman, born the daughter of a feminist and the granddaughter of a feminist grandfather. I don't think I could have avoided working on women's issues. I don't do it as a career or profession; it's my very essence as a human being.

Vandana Shiva
- Women
- Career
- Daughter
The institutionalization of Black Studies, Feminist Studies, all of these things, led to a sense that the struggle was over for a lot of people and that one did not have to continue the personal consciousness-raising and changing of one's viewpoint.

bell hooks
- People
- Black
- Struggle
I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.

Beyonce Destiny's Child
- Up
- Time
- Future
As for the label "Feminist," if you're going to call yourself a feminist and you're not going to stand up to and denounce these hateful people who have done, and are still doing, so much damage, then you are a part of the problem.

Erin Pizzey
- People
- Hateful
- Denounce
As a feminist, I think you never want to have your characters defined by the relationships that they're in, and it did give her a chance to be a sophomore in college without a boyfriend.

Caroline Dries
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 Black Star
- Thinking
- Writing
- Song