“The big story is Bruce Jenner. In last week's interview, Jenner said he's a woman who is transitioning his body from male to female, and he's also a conservative Republican. Bruce said he looks forward to bashing Obamacare as soon as he finishes using it.” LooksSaidStoriesBodyBigsLastsWeekRepublicanFemaleMalesConservativeInterviewsObamacare Author:Conan O'Brien
“Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to be given less often to the female of the species.” FirstsShowsSeemsLastsGivenChanceComedyFemaleSpeciesAppearanceSecond Chance Author:Jo Brand
“Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined.” WorldYearsLastsAmericaPresidentEuropeFemaleMinistersIslamicPrimePrime MinisterNorth AmericaFemale President Author:Reza Aslan
“Well, another female child is born into the world! Last Sunday afternoon, Harriot Eaton Stanton - oh! the little heretic thus to desecrate that holy holiday - opened her soft blue eyes on this mundane sphere.” WorldWellsChildrenLittlesEyeLastsBornAtheismHolyFemaleBluePositive AtheismHolidaySundayAfternoonSpheresMundaneBlue EyesHereticSunday Afternoons Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“The "female culture" has shifted more rapidly than the "male culture"; the image of the go-get 'em woman has yet to be fully matched by the image of the let's take-care-of-the-kids- together man. More important, over the last thirty years, men's underlying feelings about taking responsibility at home have changed much less than women's feelings have changed about forging some kind of identity at work.” MenYearsKindImportantFeelingsHomeCareKidsTogetherLastsCultureWomenResponsibilityIdentityChangedFemaleMalesTake CareThirtyEmsTaking ResponsibilityThirty YearsMatchedForging Author:Arlie Russell Hochschild
“The issue of motherhood is no longer salient. In fact, the very first female bomber for Hamas posed in her last will and testament video with her two kids.” FirstsTwoFactsKidsLastsIssuesFemaleMotherhoodVideoTestamentHamasBombersWills And Testaments Author:Mia Bloom
“There's one logical generational difference and that is that young women will have more chances to support a female president than older women. Older women feel it's their last chance, so that's just a factual, obvious difference. But other than that it depends on experience, on individual experience.” FeelsLastsYoungIndividualPresidentDifferencesChanceSupportDependsFemaleObviousLogicalYoung WomenFactualOlder WomenLast ChanceFemale President Author:Gloria Steinem
“Every show that comes out that's female driven is compared to the last female-driven show, as if it's taking over.” IfsShowsLastsFemaleDriven Author:Abbi Jacobson
“I'm the mother of two daughters, one of whom is going to get possessed. It's really spooky and great. I'm shooting it right now. That's why I'm in Chicago. I wanted to tell you about the other direction that this trying-to-get-more-female-characters thing has taken, which is that I launched my own film festival last year.” TryingYearsTwoCharacterWantedLastsFilmMotherMy OwnTakenRight NowDaughterFemaleShootingChicagoPossessedLast YearFestivalsFemale CharactersSpookyFilm FestivalsTwo Daughters Author:Geena Davis
“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
“I don't know why I got reborn as a female. Maybe in my past life I had some sympathy or something for women, but I certainly wasn't a female last time.” KnowsLastsPastFemaleLast TimeMy PastRebornPast Life Author:Tenzin Palmo
“Carnal embrace is sexual congress, which is the insertion of the male genital organ into the female genital organ for purposes of procreation and pleasure. Fermat’s last theorem, by contrast, asserts that when x, y and z are whole numbers each raised to power of n, the sum of the first two can never equal the third when n is greater than 2.” FirstsTwoWholeLastsPurposeSexPleasureNumbersGreaterEqualFemaleThirdsEmbraceRaisedMalesCongressContrastOrgansTheoremsProcreation Book:Arcadia Source: Arcadia
“Something snapped inside her. “Of course I’m afraid! Relationships do bad things to me.” He started to respond, but the pain had gone on long enough, and she didn’t want to hear it. “You know what I want? I want peace. I want a good job and a decent place to live. I want to read books and listen to music and have time to make some female friendships that are going to last. When I wake up in the morning, I want to know that I have a decent shot at being happy. And here’s what’s really sad. Until I met you, I was almost there.” KnowsWantLongBookEnoughPainJobsLastsCoursesMorningGoneMetsShotsFemaleWake UpDecentBad ThingsGood JobListening To MusicPlaces To LiveReally SadFemale FriendshipAlmost There Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips
“In the Old Language, she hissed, “If any harm shall befall him, I will come after you, and find you where you sleep. I do not care where you lay your head or who with, my vengeance shall rain upon you until you drown.” That last word was drawn out, until its syllable was lost in more growling. Dead silence. Until Doc Jane said dryly, “Annnnd this is why they say the female of the species is more dangerous than the male.” IfsSaidCareLastsLostLanguageSleepSilenceDangerousRainFemaleLaysSpeciesMalesHarmVengeanceLast WordsJaneSyllablesGrowling Author:J.R. Ward