“Consciousness-raising is at the very least supposed to bring about an intimacy, but what it seems instead to bring about are the trappings of intimacy, the illusion of intimacy, a semblance of intimacy.” SeemsConsciousnessFeminismIllusionIntimacySemblance Book:Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble: Some Things About Women and Notes on Media Source: Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble: Some Things About Women and Notes on Media
“Feminism as a political movement has to specifically address the needs of men in their struggle to revolutionize their consciousness.” MenNeedsPoliticalConsciousnessStruggleFeminismMovementAddressesPolitical Movements Author:Bell Hooks
“It used to be that if someone was to get involved in feminism, it was probably because they were already interested. They were already interested in feminism; they were already interested in being an activist, and they found their way to like a NOW meeting or to a consciousness-raising group or something like that.” IfsWayUsedFoundConsciousnessGroupsFeminismInvolvedMeetingsUsed To BeActivistGet Involved Author:Jessica Valenti
“I think you can't have this discussion and you can't have a discussion about feminism and the consciousness of the world without having a discussion about what has happened to men lately. They're holding the other side of the bag.” ThinkingMenWorldSidesConsciousnessHappenedFeminismDiscussionBags Author:Amanda Palmer
“Second Wave feminism started with consciousness-raising groups, which sounds "big" but it's really just house parties. Women getting together and saying, "You feel this way?! Me too!" Hanging out is consciousness-raising.” WayFeelsBigsTogetherHouseSoundPartyConsciousnessGroupsFeminismWaveHanging OutHouse Party Author:Ani DiFranco
“I think that feminism permits women to speak among themselves, instead of simply being resentful, having personal complaints, which get them nowhere and which make them sick and ill-tempered, depressive and poison the lives of their husbands and children. It's much better to arrive at a collective consciousness of this problem, which is both a kind of therapy and the basis for a struggle.” ThinkingKindChildrenProblemSpeakConsciousnessStruggleFeminismHusbandSickBasesIllTherapyPoisonCollectivesPermitComplaintsResentfulDepressiveCollective ConsciousnessIll Tempered Author:Simone de Beauvoir