“Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.” Quote by Immanuel Kant
“[Donald Trump ] who has said women don't deserve equal pay unless they do as good a job as men.” MenSaidJobsPayTrumpEqualDeserveEqual Pay Author:Hillary Clinton
“One of the worst things [Donald Trump] said was about a woman in a beauty contest. He loves beauty contests, supporting them and hanging around them. And he called this woman "Miss Piggy." Then he called her "Miss Housekeeping," because she was Latina. Donald, she has a name.” SaidNamesLove IsWorstMissingTrumpWorst ThingsContestsHanging AroundLatinaHousekeepingPiggyBeauty ContestMiss Piggy Author:Hillary Clinton
“I know Donald's [Trump] trying very hard to plant doubts about it, but I hope the people out there understand: This election's really up to you. It's not about us so much as it is about you and your families and the kind of country and future you want. So I sure hope you will get out and vote as though your future depended on it, because I think it does.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingKindDoeCountryHardDoubtTrumpVoteElectionPlantOur FamilyOur FutureYour FutureUp To You Author:Hillary Clinton
“We raise awareness and drop information about access and laws into pop culture spaces through making videos and through live events. That's like fifty percent of what we do.” LawCultureSpaceAwarenessEventsInformationPercentRaisesPopsAccessVideoFiftyPop Culture Author:Lizz Winstead
“Since we are made up of comedians and filmmakers and writers and improvisers, we have the unique opportunity to bring joy to people who are sometimes buried in their own lives or are subjected to the bullshit that clinic workers are subjected to every day.” PeopleMadeSometimesJoyOpportunityUniqueWorkersComedianFilmmakerBuriedBullshitClinicUnique Opportunities Author:Lizz Winstead
“I've always considered myself a feminist, I always considered myself somebody who is a reproductive rights activist, and I've spent the past 25 years of my life speaking truth to power. And using humor to do that.” YearsPastRightsFeministActivistReproductive Rights Author:Lizz Winstead
“Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.” ReasonHappinessJoyImaginationLaughterIdealsPhilosophicalHappyBeing HappyPursuit Of HappinessNot HappySelf HappinessVivid ImaginationWild ImaginationReasons To Be Happy Author:Immanuel Kant
“I did the Daily Show, and then I did Air America Radio, and I realized that I was lucky enough to have a job where I could get information to people. But those spaces weren't appropriate to then tell people what to do - they were corporate enterprises. My main job was to be funny, so I was trying to figure out, how can I combine all the things I love - comedy, feminism, calling out bullshit - into a creative space that other creative people would want to join in and help out?” PeopleWantTryingEnoughHelpingShowsJobsAmericaSpaceCreativeComedyAirFeminismFiguresInformationCallingLuckyRadioI RealizedCorporateEnterpriseAppropriateBullshitCreative PeopleThings I LoveDaily ShowCreative SpaceAir America Author:Lizz Winstead
“I had gone back home to finish my book in 2011, and that's when these laws really started coming into states all across the country. I needed to get back to Brooklyn, so I had my two dogs and I rented a van and I called up Planned Parenthood and I said, "I have to drive back to Brooklyn. I've got two dogs and a van. What if I did some fundraisers for you along the way?" And they were like, "Who are you?" I was like, "No, this is a super good idea."” IfsWaySaidTwoBookIdeasCountryStatesHomeLawGoneDogNeededWhat IfGet BackParenthoodGood IdeasVansBrooklynBack HomePlanned ParenthoodTwo DogsFundraiser Author:Lizz Winstead
“People who came to the clinics or came to the fundraiser knew what was happening in their state but didn't realize the profundity of what was happening all over the place. But the third thing [was] that at every single clinic I went to, somebody who worked there - it could have been the doctor, it could have been the receptionist - said, "Thank you for coming, no one ever comes." And it broke my heart...I've used these services, I've had an abortion, I got to be where I am because of access to making choices to have the life I wanted.” PeopleHeartHas BeensSaidStatesWantedUsedChoicesRealizingMy HeartHappeningsDoctorsThirdsAccessBrokeAbortionCould Have BeenClinicMaking ChoicesProfundityBroke My HeartFundraiserReceptionistsThank You For Coming Author:Lizz Winstead