Feminist Quotes
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First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people and creatures deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect.
Kathy Najimy -
I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women and myself aspire to something more than a place behind a good man.
Faith Ringgold
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I've heard people say to me, 'How can you claim to be a feminist when you dress like that?' I wear a lot of slip dresses and nightwear and stuff. People always question my credibility because of that: 'Oh, are you selling sex? Are you doing this or that to be recognized more or to sell your music?' No, it's just a fashion thing for me.
Charli XCX -
I think in the '80s, we certainly wrestled with what was the role of 'Playboy Magazine' in a post-sexual revolution, post-feminist world.
Christie Hefner -
I consider myself a feminist living in a post-feminist era.
Kim Cattrall -
I do consider myself a feminist. I know the word has weird implications for people now, but I do think that its important to have women involved, whether its business or public service or...anything.
Madeleine Albright -
We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.
Beyonce Destiny's Child -
Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man? Yes.
Yasmine Bleeth
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If you look up feminist in the dictionary, it just means someone who believes men and women have equal rights...
Aziz Ansari -
To be feminist doesn't mean you can't be submissive.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
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 -
I'm a writer and a feminist of color, and I've written complex, powerful women for my entire career. I'm just one voice, but there are many others like me.
Marjorie Liu -
I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.
Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill -
On the subject of the feminist business, I just never think...of qualities which are specifically feminine or masculine. I suppose I divide people into two classes: the Irksome and the Non-Irksome without regard to sex. Yes and there are the Medium Irksome and the Rare Irksome.
Flannery O'Connor
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When people ask me do I believe in feminism - well, I didn't even know I was a feminist. I was the top of the bill; I've always been the top of the bill. So I don't know what equality is.
Cilla Black -
The reason I made women's issues central to American foreign policy, was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered.
Madeleine Albright -
Any woman who says she's not a feminist is just someone who's afraid of being penalised for saying she wants to advocate for women.
Antony Hegarty Antony and the Johnsons -
There was that feminist myth that we can do everything. I don't think you can.
Jessica Lange -
I am more feminist than feminists.
Christian Louboutin -
I respect women like Gloria Steinem who paved the way. But when you say 'feminist' now, there is a message that if you are sexy and you acknowledge that part of your personality publicly, then it's somehow an affront to women. And I reject that.
Megyn Kelly
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It's self-deceptive to think we're in a post-feminist world when we never tried a feminist world.
Ellen Goodman -
We had a mother who could have been called a feminist. That's just how we were raised. Why do you have to go sulk off in some corner because you are a girl? What's the big deal?
Ann Wilson Heart -
The definition of being a feminist is equality, and if you're not a feminist at this point, then what are you really promoting?
Alessia Cara -
Every woman, whether or not they're comfortable with the term 'feminist,' probably wants to be equal to men, and that is fundamentally what feminism is about.
Emily Ratajkowski