“I think men get nervous when women start counting the number of female senators, and whites become edgy when they hear the next Supreme Court seat will probably go to a Latino. This isn't always because they object to sharing the spoils, by the way; it just reminds us that the melting pot may not be working, and we haven't yet achieved the ambiguous national dream of becoming a nation of indistinguishable beige atheists.” ThinkingMenWayMayDreamNextNationsNumbersHavensObjectsBecomingFemaleCourtAtheistSupremeNervousSeatsPotSenatorsSupreme CourtSpoilCountingLatinoMeltingAmbiguousEdgyMelting Pot Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“I don't like [the pressure] that people put on me, on women, that you've failed yourself as a female because you haven't procreated. This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don't want to be a mother, and how selfish that is.” PeopleWantSaidMotherCareersHavensFemalePressureFocusedDrivenSelfish Author:Jennifer Aniston
“In the past that you should choose a list of female action superhero movies that haven't worked. I don't believe they haven't worked because they had a female in the lead, I believe they didn't work because they weren't good. They weren't technically well done movies.” ShouldBelieveWellsDoneActionPastI BelieveHavensFemaleDon't BelieveListsSuperheroWell Done Author:Kevin Feige
“I think doing a female Elf in the Woodland realm was a bit safer, because we haven't met one of those yet.” ThinkingBitsHavensMetsFemaleRealmsWoodland Author:Evangeline Lilly
“A military audience is kind of weird. Pretty much how you would imagine a troop of males that haven't seen a female in a long time and have been stuck in a base camp in the middle of nowhere for too long without any alcohol.” KindLongHas BeensAudienceImagineMiddleMilitaryHavensLong TimeFemaleMalesAlcoholStuckCampsMiddle Of Nowhere Author:Missy Higgins
“I just noticed I've been writing lots of female-led things. Two of them haven't been announced yet, but the big Greg Capullo book I'm doing is a female-led story, and I'm doing another series with John Romita which is a female-led story as well.” WritingWellsTwoBookStoriesBigsHavensFemaleSeries Author:Mark Millar
“I'd say I got three or four offers for films that had female directors, so in my career I haven't had that opportunity before. That's exciting.” FilmThreeOpportunityCareersFourHavensOffersDirectorsFemaleExciting Author:Natalie Portman
“I was spurred by the fact that having worked for women's magazines myself as a journalist, if you go off and interview a female celebrity, I'd just go in and interview them like I'd interview any human being and talk about the things that interested me. And you'd come back, and you'd file your copy. And then my editor would read through my copy and go, why haven't you asked them if they want kids? And I'd be like, well, I don't know, I interviewed Aerosmith last week. And I didn't ask them that.” IfsKnowsWantHumansWellsFactsKidsLastsAsksHuman BeingsWeekHavensFemaleMagazinesJournalistInterviewsCopiesEditorsFilesAerosmith Author:Caitlin Moran
“Well advice people have told me that is that, "If people aren't suing you, you haven't made it," which I don't necessarily believe but with greater success comes greater responsibility and being one of the few female entrepreneurs who I think has been as public as I have been, you're definitely under a spotlight. It's difficult to manage.” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveWellsHas BeensMadeDifficultResponsibilityGreaterAdviceHavensFemaleEntrepreneurManageMade ItSpotlightSuing Author:Sophia Amoruso
“On the question of women's sexual freedom or female independence, there are still issues that haven't been worked out. There's an aura of traditional gender roles that is not talked about that really permeates these conversations. There is this vacillation between a desire for independence and having the kinds of sexual freedom that men have and, on the other side, issues about female vulnerability and susceptibility to male aggression and violence. We need more honesty about the actual conditions in which sex is happening.” MenNeedsKindStillsDesireSexSidesRolesIssuesViolenceConditionsHavensHonestyConversationHappeningsFemaleIndependenceMalesGenderTraditionalVulnerabilityAggressionGender RolesAurasSusceptibilityVacillationAggression And Violence Author:Laura Kipnis
“I see the beauty of Mike's attempt to devise an ideal ethic and applaud his recognition that such must start by junking the present sexual code and starting fresh. Most philosophers haven't the courage for this; they swallow the basics of the present code--monogamy, family pattern, continence, body taboos, conventional restrictions on intercourse, and so forth--then fiddle with details...even such piffle as discussing whether the female breast is an obscene sight! (p.365)” BodyHavensEthicsFemaleIdealsSightStartingPatternsPhilosopherDetailsRecognitionCodeBreastsConventionalMikeRestrictionTabooIntercourseDiscussingBasicsObsceneFresh StartMonogamyFiddle Book:Stranger in a Strange Land Source: Stranger in a Strange Land
“No. Haven’t you been listening?” Marcus would always remember that moment. It was to be the first time he would ever be faced with that most vexing of female quirks: the question that had nothing but wrong answers.” FirstsMomentsRememberAnswersHavensListeningFirst TimeFemaleThat MomentQuirksWrong Answers Author:Julia Quinn