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“Ever so ambitious, but they only use 'ambitious' as a criticism about women, don't they?”

Book:The Bullet That Missed

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“I know what it feels like to be robbed of something so precious to you. To feel helpless, broken, like you are not in control of your own body. These people- they thrive on taking power. Over our minds, our bodies, our emotions. They think because we are girls, that we are something to be preyed upon. They are wrong. We are not helpless; we are not broken. Despite what scars they leave behind, our bodies are our own. Everything we feel, everything we are, belongs to us and us alone. Yes, we are girls, but we are not prey. Tonight, we are alive.”

Feminism Girl Power

Book:Blood Scion

Source: Blood Scion

“Did he really deserve better? Men die, Alexandra. It’s rarely a tragedy.”

Feminism Murderer

Book:Ninth House

Source: Ninth House

“It has become a habit to conceive of women - both historically and currently - not by their achievements, but by the restraints placed upon them; to study the locked door, and fail to see the windows broken from inside.”

Feminism Sexism Misogyny Women S History

Book:Essex Girls: For Profane and Opinionated Women Everywhere

Source: Essex Girls: For Profane and Opinionated Women Everywhere

“So Anne Knight holds up her placard, and fixes the dubious observer with her pale unblinking eyes. "Woman has the capacity for instructing man," she wrote, and her toils "have strengthened her mind and matured her judgement till she is now superior to man...”

Feminism Sexism Misogyny Women S History

Book:Essex Girls: For Profane and Opinionated Women Everywhere

Source: Essex Girls: For Profane and Opinionated Women Everywhere

“O woman who is not separate from us who is chained beaten strangled this song is for you O woman who is not separate from the homeland who is oppressed silenced persecuted this fury is for you O woman who rages against this regime who marches resists protests this prayer is for you O woman whose wild tresses are tied with a noose this cry is for you we rise together for you O Mahsa from your blood poppies will grow this revolution is for you”

Feminism Revolution Feminist Protest Iran Womens Rights Solidarity Revolt Womens March Mahsa Amini

Author:Kamand Kojouri

“Women do not need to be changed, adjusted, domesticated, moulded, formed, or coddled. We need space and a runway.”

Feminism Women Empowerment

Book:Nothing But the Truth

Source: Nothing But the Truth

“fBy living up to their calling, women will succeed in guaranteeing a proper recognition of the unique value of femininity and its crucial mission in the world.”

Feminism Catholicism Femininity

Book:The Privilege of Being a Woman

Source: The Privilege of Being a Woman

“Still, rage and revenge sometimes needed to be indulged in the path to whatever “enlightenment” the Gods had designed. When someone wrongs you, hurts you, breaks you or the ones you love, you can either drown in fear and despair or fight back hard, relentlessly and without flinching. The path to power was the path to safety, the road to the confidence stolen by men…always men.”

Fear Power Feminism Revenge Rage

Book:Unanimity

Source: Unanimity

“I am a black woman. Don't look beyond me. Don't see through me. Look me in the eye. Hold my gaze. Listen to my heart. See my soul. See me for who I am, not what you would like me to be. Accept or reject but don't hide from my truth.”

Poetry Feminism Poetry Quotes Women S Rights Black Lives Matter Empowerment Of Women Vulnerability Quotes Black Writers

Book:The Heart and Soul of Black Women: Poems of Love, Struggle and Resilience

Source: The Heart and Soul of Black Women: Poems of Love, Struggle and Resilience

“When we are little girls, our families, teachers, and peers insist that our loud voices, bold opinions, and strong feelings are “too much” and unladylike, so we learn to not trust our personalities.”

Feminism Peer Pressure

Book:Untamed

Source: Untamed

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