Feminist Quotes
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Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective.
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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.
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I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.
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We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.
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I just happen to be a woman and involved in sport, but that doesn't necessarily make me a feminist.
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What I increasingly felt, in marriage and in motherhood, was that to live as a woman and to live as a feminist were two different and possibly irreconcilable things.
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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.
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With their propagandistic frame of mind, feminist leaders never admitted that their opponents could be equally motivated by ethics.
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People ask me a lot, 'Well, can you be pro-life and be feminist? Can you be conservative and be feminist?' And I think that, yeah, maybe personally you can be those things. But I think if you're advocating for legislation, or if you're fighting to limit other women's rights, then you can't really call yourself a feminist.
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We were quickly labeled as an outspoken feminist band, which I'm totally fine with.
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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.
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I am more feminist than feminists.
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I'm thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the '60s.
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I am a woman and when I think, I must speak.
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It's because I'm a feminist that I can't stand women limiting other women's imaginations. It really makes me angry.
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I would like to think I am feminist in some sorts.
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I don't think it's not feminist to use every tool you have to succeed, and part of that is being a woman - presenting yourself in a certain way.
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The most empowering feminist act is for women to be taught about the ways babies bond and then decide what they want to do.
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Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man? Yes.
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What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?
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I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an artist that I honored my work.
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The way the play was written originally is that in the end Henry Higgins and Eliza separate because they aren't compatible because of Eliza's feminist views. They wanted a happier ending for the musical.
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I'm not a feminist. I hail men, I love men.
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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.
