“We were just a hair's breadth from electing America's first female president to succeed America's first black president. We weren't done, but we were doing it. And then, true to form-like the Balrog's whip catching Gandalf by his little gray bootie, like the husband in a Lifetime movie hissing, 'If I can't have you, no one can'-white American voters shoved an incompetent, racist con man into the White House.” AmericaWomenFeminismTrumpDiversityWitchesThe Lord Of The RingsGandalf Book:The Witches Are Coming Source: The Witches Are Coming
“The sexualization of women is only appealing if it’s nonconsensual. Otherwise it’s “sluttiness,” and sluttiness is agency and agency is threatening and so, therefore, sluttiness must equal disposability.” Feminism Author:Lindy West
“Men can choose how they treat us and this is the world they choose. Frankly, not being angry would be irrational. Feminism is the collective manifestation of female anger. Men suppress our anger for a reason. Let's prove them right.” PoliticsWomenFeminismHuman Rights Book:The Witches Are Coming Source: The Witches Are Coming
“What is a “woman”? Who gets to be one? Who gets to decide who “counts”? In our quest for equality, should feminists strive for the right to embody even the toxic aspects of masculinity, or should we focus on dismantling it before reaching for equality at all? Why should women who have traditionally been underserved or exploited by mainstream feminism (women of colour, trans women, sex workers) have that label foisted upon them? What do we do with the uncomfortable truth that many women’s rights pioneers were explicitly, actively racist? How do we honour their contributions without erasing the oppression of women of colour that still taints feminism today? How do we reconcile the tension between celebrating womanhood and rejecting gender essentialism? How do we reconcile the tension between fighting oppressive beauty standards and wanting to express ourselves through makeup and clothes?” FeminismIntroductionHerland Author:Lindy West
“In my freshman year of college, when a male professor asked the class, "Who here identifies as a feminist?" Only one girl raised her hand, and the rest of us just sat there. He basically just shamed us for the rest of the class - in a constructive way. He went around the room and said to each girl, "Why didn't you raise your hand? Feminism means men and women deserve the same rights, and that the balance in the world is currently tilted in men's favour.” MenWorldMeanGirlFeminismCollegeBalanceMen And WomenDeserveFeministSatFreshmanFreshman Year Author:Lindy West
“Indignation and determination are much more constructive emotions than shame and embarrassment. And feminism was this engine that turned one into the other.” EmotionFeminismDeterminationShameEmbarrassment Author:Lindy West
“Abortion. Feminism. Online harassment. Social justice. Women's "no"s are constantly doubted and eroded in our culture. Saying "no" and sticking to it - and, especially, doing that where other women can see it - is a political statement.” PoliticalCultureJusticeFeminismSocial JusticeAbortionOnlineDoubtedHarassment Author:Lindy West
