“People focus on the darker female characters in my books, but for every one of those, I can also show you an equally screwed up man that no one ever comments about, or a nicer woman that no one comments about.” PeopleMenI CanBookCharacterShowsFocusFemaleCommentFemale CharactersScrewed Up Author:Gillian Flynn
“I think the must-have power qualities for a female or male power leader are really the ability to focus, to work hard, to be extremely goal oriented and to not let the noise and the nonsense interfere with your mission - what you really feel you want to do with your career and your life.” ThinkingWantFeelsHardGoalAbilityQualityLeaderCareersFocusHard WorkFemaleMalesMissionsNoiseNonsenseInterfereGoal Oriented Author:Anne Sweeney
“People often ask me if I feel discriminated against as a black female director. I don't. I'm actually offered a ton of stuff. But I only want to direct what I write. And I prefer to focus on black female characters. What's most important to me is to put characters up onscreen who are not perfect, but who are human and flawed.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsWritingHumansImportantCharacterAsksStuffBlackPerfectFocusDirectorsFemaleDirectAsk MeFlawedNot PerfectFemale Characters Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“In regards to being female, I don't really think about it in the same way that other people do. I prefer to focus on my job rather than my gender. I'm still amazed that people think it's a big deal.” PeopleThinkingWayStillsBigsJobsDealsFocusFemaleRegardGenderAmazedBig Deal Author:Rhianna Pratchett
“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
“I try not to focus on politics too much - I would never be described as a hugely political woman - but the fact of the matter is, just me being a female, immigrant, stand-up comedian, single-mother ... that is political. We still live in a world where a woman with a voice is a political gesture.” WorldTryingPoliticalFocusFemaleComedian Author:Katherine Ryan
“I've never really found it that important to focus too much on the fact that I'm a female. I feel like if you make a thing of it then it becomes a "thing." For me personally, gender has always been one of the last things on my mind and I would much rather let the music do the talking. It was definitely surprising at the start to see how many people often got shocked that I would do the entire part of the composition/production/mixdown process on my own, but I don't think women are pigeonholed as much these days.” PeopleThinkingMindImportantFocusFemaleGenderComposition Author:Maya Jane Coles
“I'm always open to questions asked, and it will be up to me at that moment to decide if I want to answer or not. I've always been the kind of artist that wanted to focus so much more on the music than all these other things. For example, "what does it feel like to be a female in a male dominated industry"?” KindMomentsArtistFocusFemale Author:Jennifer Lee
“I'm aware of what I am, but I focus so much on myself as a musician and as an artist that I don't even notice that I'm the only female on a festival bill. I'm just like "oh I'm playing this festival."I haven't been very deeply involved in this greater outreach because my approach to equality is integration. I'm not into separatism, or an all-female festival. It's good and empowering but it doesn't allow for the bigger picture to get accomplished. We all need to be at the same festival - that's always been my approach.” ArtistFocusMusicianFemaleEmpoweringAccomplishedIntegrationVery DeepBigger PictureOutreach Author:Jennifer Lee
“I know that a lot of feminist fears about the trans movement have been, "Wait, we never got to the part where we focus on women! We tried for a minute, but we don't want to lose the category all of a sudden. We haven't heard yet from the females with children called mothers, we haven't heard yet from all these groups!" On the one hand I'm very sympathetic to that, but the category of Women or Mothers, any of these categories, are on shifting sands and always have been.” ChildrenMotherWaitingFocusFemaleFeministSandSympathetic Author:Maggie Nelson
“The objectification of females is not a good thing! Not every rapper does this, but when the lyrics focus solely on the strip club, 'poppin' bottles' and how many girls they can 'tap,' it distorts what kids are learning. I think if there was more of a female presence in hip hop we could break up the monotony. It's all about balance.” IfsThinkingDoeKidsGirlBreakFocusBalanceFemaleGood ThingsHip HopClubsHipsHopsBottlesRapperMonotonyObjectification Author:Queen Latifah
“It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of the movement; but rather than resigning myself to this appropriation I choose to re-appropriate the term “feminism,” to focus on the fact that to be “feminist” in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression.” PeopleWantHas BeensEndsFactsTermWhiteRolesFocusFeminismMovementFemaleMalesPatternsFeministObviousOppressionLiberationAppropriateDominationSexistAppropriationResigningFemales And Males Author:Bell Hooks