“Prostitution is not just a service industry, mopping up the overflow of male demand, which always exceeds female supply. Prostitution testifies to the amoral power struggle of sex, which religion has never been able to stop. Prostitutes, pornographers, and their patrons are marauders in the forest of archaic night.” AbleNightSexStruggleIndustryDemandFemaleMalesForestsExceedProstitutionPatronOverflowPower StruggleAmoralityService IndustryTestifyingMoppingMopping Up Book:Sexual Personae Source: Sexual Personae
“[M]any females would, even assuming complete economic equality between the sexes, prefer residing with males or peddling their asses on the street, thereby having most of their time for themselves, to spending many hours of their days doing boring, stultifying, non-creative work for somebody else, functioning as less than animals, as machines, or, at best - if able to get a "good" job - co-managing the shitpile. What will liberate women, therefore, from male control is the total elimination of the money-work system, not the attainment of economic equality with men within it.” IfsMenAbleJobsSexHoursAnimalCreativeEconomicStreetsFemaleMachinesAssumingMalesBoringSpendingAssGood JobAttainmentEliminationCreative WorkEconomic EqualityPeddling Author:Valerie Solanas
“Eliminate irrelevant and inaccurate comunications about what it means to be male or female, black or white, young or old, rich or poor, disabled or temporarily able-bodied, or to hold a particular belief system.” MeanAbleYoungBeliefBlackWhitePoorRichParticularFemaleMalesIrrelevantDisabledBelief SystemsBlack Or WhiteRich Or Poor Author:Rosalie Maggio
“The female experience is different from that of the male, and if, as a male writer, you cannot accept that basic premise, then you will never, ever, be able to write women well.” IfsWritingWellsDifferentAbleAcceptingFemaleMalesPremises Author:Greg Rucka
“Employers should not be able to impose their religious beliefs on female employees, ignoring their individual health decisions and denying their right to reproductive care. Bosses belong in the boardroom, not in the bedroom.” ShouldCareAbleIndividualBeliefReligiousDecisionFemaleEmployeeBossBedroomEmployersReligious BeliefReproductive Health Author:Dina Titus
“Any advice I could give to female directors would be the same as for males: There will be endless difficulties, some seemingly defeating, on your way. That's a given. Just wipe out the very notion of stress. Concentrate on your actors. Obsess about your story and the world it is anchored in. Deal with the hundreds of down-to-earth issues [around] the existence of your film. At some point, everything will be ripe. And you wouldn't be able to stop your film from coming to life even if you wanted to.” IfsWorldWayGivingStoriesWould BeAbleWantedEarthFilmActorsGivenDealsExistenceIssuesAdviceDirectorsFemaleDifficultyStressMalesNotionEndlessWipeRipeDown To Earth Author:Deniz Gamze Erguven
“I understand the joy of having a female actress like Charlotte [Gainsbourg] and watching her give everything, and be able to capture it.” GivingAbleJoyFemaleActressesCaptureCharlotte Author:Jane Birkin
“It's to a writer's advantage to contain within himself elements of each sex, or any sex. It's to his advantage because it makes him able to write from the female point of view as well as the male. In some cases, of course, you will find some homosexual writers who can only write from a f - - -'s point of view. But I don't regard myself as a f - - -! Some people may. Also audiences wanted escapism. They don't like too much protest or criticism of their way of life.” PeopleWayWritingWellsMayAbleWantedCoursesSexViewsCasesAudienceToo MuchElementsAdvantageFemaleCriticismRegardMalesPoint Of ViewProtestHomosexualEscapism Author:Tennessee Williams
“I've never felt stigmatized in my profession, nor have I allowed myself to. I don't feel either male or female, I feel I am just me, and I should be able to do whatever I like.” FeelsShouldAbleFeltFemaleMalesProfession Author:Miranda Richardson
“The future is now! Soon every American home will integrate their television, phone and computer. You'll be able to visit the Louvre on one channel, or watch female wrestling on another. You can do your shopping at home, or play Mortal Kombat with a friend from Vietnam. There's no end to the possibilities!” EndsPlayHomeAbleCan DoWatchesPossibilityTelevisionComputerFemalePhonesMortalsWrestlingVietnamShoppingIntegratingLouvreMortal Kombat Author:Jim Carrey
“There are certain aspects of me that can be bad-ass sometimes, but being able to push it to the extreme is something I'd love to play. You don't get those roles, as a female, and especially as an indigenous female. There aren't those roles out there, so I want that. I want women to see a strong, sexy female without showing her body too much.” WantSometimesPlayBodyAbleCertainStrongRolesToo MuchFemaleAspectExtremesSexyAssBad AssIndigenousI Want A Woman Author:Tinsel Korey
“We'll go back and listen to some 70's music. Just everything. I guess the main thing is that we listen to creative guys, male or female either one. Just people that have got great talent and we're able to say, 'man, that is unbelievable.” PeopleMenAbleGuyCreativeTalentFemaleMalesUnbelievableGreat Talent Author:Eddie Montgomery
“I'm a bit of a feminist and very "female empowerment," and women should be able to do what they please.” ShouldAbleBitsPleaseFemaleEmpowermentFeministFemale Empowerment Author:Laura Vandervoort
“I think the Internet really sussed things into perspective. Because twelve years ago, I could spend my days on writing and running my band and touring and making posters and practicing with my band and working on my vocals, but I didn't spend a large pie chart of my time sifting through criticism as well, and nowadays I do, and all female artists do, because to be able to promote your work, you need to live in those spaces.” ThinkingNeedsWritingYearsWellsRunningAbleArtistSpacePerspectiveInternetBandFemaleYears AgoCriticismMy TimeTwelvePieVocalTouringPostersSiftingFemale Artists Author:Amanda Palmer
“I was able to say to everyone, 'Would you be willing to take a role that you've cherished and worked on for a long time and change it to female?' And there was not any hesitation, which was a real win. That hopefully shows a shift in the climate for women in film, although we still have some climbing to do.” LongStillsRealShowsAbleFilmWinningRolesWillingLong TimeFemaleClimateHopefullyClimbingHesitationTime And Change Author:Sandra Bullock
“Father was a good driver and enjoyed driving, but the sight of a female in charge of a vehicle was sometimes too much for him. If a car came to close or made the smallest mistake with the rules of the road he shouted, "blasted woman driver", to which my mother was often able to say, with truth, "Funny thing, she's dressed as a man."” IfsMenMadeSometimesAbleMotherFatherMistakeToo MuchCarFemaleSightDrivingEnjoyedDriversVehicleSmallestFunny Things Author:Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
“I've had countless jihadis shut me down straightaway and say, "I'm not allowed to speak to any woman who is not my relative." But among the few I'm able to get through to, I think that being female makes me more approachable, soft, all the stereotypes of what female means.” ThinkingMeanAbleSpeakFemaleRelativeStereotype Author:Rukmini Maria Callimachi
“I never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists. I feel like I can go head-to-head with the best white, male comedy writers that are out there. Why would I want to self-categorize myself into a smaller group than I’m able to compete in?” WantFeelsI CanSelfAbleWhiteComedyGroupsFemaleMalesIndianComedianBadassComedy WritingFemale Comedian Author:Mindy Kaling
“What I like about Paper Girls in particular is that because we're approaching it more from a female perspective, we're able to consider the emotional states of these characters a little bit more, and think more of their interiority.” ThinkingLittlesStatesCharacterAbleGirlBitsEmotionalParticularPerspectivePaperLittle BitFemale Author:Cliff Chiang
“"First female president." That's it, and that's nowhere near, by the way, as powerful or penetrating as the first African-American president. I mean, women, yeah, I mean, make the case that they've been victimized. But they can't put themselves in the same shoes as slavery's legacy for example. Now, women might try to make the case. Hillary [Clinton] might try to make the case about not being ought to be able to vote, but it ain't gonna fly.” WayTryingFirstsMeanMightAblePresidentPowerfulCasesExampleOughtFemaleVoteYeahSlaveryClintonShoesAfrican AmericanLegacyAmerican PresidentFemale President Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When women are subordinate by their culture, in being able to anticipate or think about pleasurable sex, it boosts dopamine, which is about confidence and assertiveness and motivation and drive and focus. So that to me, explained why for 5,000 years female sexuality has been targeted.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensAbleMotivationCultureSexFocusFemaleSexualityAnticipateSubordinatesBoostAssertivenessDopamineFemale SexualityMotivation And Drive Author:Naomi Wolf
“The female psyche is inherently self-sufficient, because female sexuality is inherently self-sufficient. I think women are maybe more comfortable, or women are able to find physical beauty in each other that doesn't terrify them.” ThinkingSelfAbleComfortableFemaleSexualitySufficientSelf SufficientPhysical BeautyFemale Sexuality Author:Laura Marling
“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” WorldMayProblemInspirationAbleHopeWomenHistoryPositiveComfortableFemaleImportanceSolveGraduatesGraduationUnderestimateBlack WomenContagiousPowerful WomenFirst LadySuccessful WomenGraduate StudentsWomen In HistoryNew HopeWoman LeaderWomen LeadershipComfortable LifeHopes In LifeInspiring GraduationDon't Lose Hope Author:Michelle Obama
“f you have been divorced once - male or female, but especially for females - and you’re over 40 you’re actually a commodity. It means you were able to commit once, and you’ll do it again.” IfsMeanHas BeensAbleFemaleMalesCommitCommodityDivorced Author:Patti Stanger
“Yes, my consuming desire is to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, barroom regulars - to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recording - all this is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always supposedly in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation to intimacy. Yes, God, I want to talk to everybody as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night.” MenWantI CanFactsAbleLife IsDesireNightGirlInterestSleepWalksDangerFieldsListeningSceneFemaleWestSoldierIntimacyCrewAssaultInvitationsConsumingSailorSpoiledSeducingBatteriesOpen FieldsMisconstrued Author:Sylvia Plath
“The female mind is capable of understanding analytic geometry... The difficulty may just be that we have never yet discovered a way to communicate with the female mind. If it is done in the right way, you may be able to get something out of it.” IfsWayMindMayDoneAbleUnderstandingCapableFemaleDifficultyCommunicateRight WayGeometryAnalyticsFemale Mind Author:Richard P. Feynman