“It is yin and yang. Light is the left hand of darkness ... how did it go? Light, dark. Fear, courage. Cold, warmth. Female, male. It is yourself ... both and one. A shadow on snow.” HandsLightLeftDarkDarknessColdShadowFemaleMalesSnowWarmthCold WarLeft HandFear CourageYangYin And YangLight Dark Book:The Left Hand of Darkness Source: The Left Hand of Darkness
“At first, being a female role model really terrified me. But it hasn't turned out to be an awful burden. I get a lot of letters from women who tell me that, after watching Xena, they have bought the Harley-Davidson they always wanted or left an abusive relationship.” FirstsWantedLeftRolesModelsFemaleLettersBurdenAwfulRole ModelsTerrifiedAbusiveAbusive RelationshipHarleyFemale RolesHarley DavidsonFemale Role Models Author:Lucy Lawless
“With surgical insight, Inside Madeline delves into the most complex female territory imaginable and dissects until every honest bone is revealed. Bomer's prose doesn't flinch, doesn't filter-the bravery of these stories left me breathless.” StoriesLeftHonestFemaleBraveryComplexesInsightBonesProseTerritoryFiltersBreathlessMadeline Author:Alissa Nutting
“Obviously, the issue for the Left isn't aging white males; it is conservatives, whether they are young or old, white or nonwhite, male or female. If female aborigines were conservative, the Left would have a problem with female aborigines.” IfsProblemYoungLeftWhiteIssuesFemaleAgingMalesConservative Author:Dennis Prager
“TLC has helped me to know that as a musician, I can talk about anything; that there are no barriers, and that you can be yourself. That's what I love about them. Left Eye in particular helped me to stay on top of my A game. She's one of the best female MCs that I've heard.” KnowsI CanEyeGamesLeftHeardParticularMusicianFemaleBeing YourselfBarriersLeft EyeBest Female Author:Lil' Mama
“I remember the mid-50s well. It was when my life changed, and I left acting to become one of the first female television news reporters in the UK.” FirstsWellsRememberLeftActingChangedTelevisionNewsFemaleLife ChangingReportersTelevision News Author:Lynne Reid Banks
“The mind is the enemy of intuition, according to many New Age adherents, but I don't buy that. I look at everything in terms of polarities - two ends of the same continuum. Young/old, male/female, individuality/conformity, work/play, freedom/constraint, right/left, day/night, life/death, rational/emotional, and so on.” MindLooksTwoEndsPlayAgeYoungNightLeftTermEnemyEmotionalFemaleMalesIndividualityIntuitionRationalConformityNew AgeConstraintsLife DeathContinuumPolarityMale FemaleWork PlayDay Night Author:Shakti Gawain
“Iceland is 50 percent Celtic blood, from the females that they stole from us, which is why our country has only got dogs left. It was a joke! I'll never be let back in Scotland again!” CountryLeftBloodDogJokesPercentFemaleOur CountryScotlandCelticIceland Author:Gerard Butler
“There was one female role, which was Emily. When I did the audition, I flubbed up. It was my first audition back from Christmas break, and I flubbed up and was devastated. In the audition room, they were like, "Oh, you did great!," but you never really know. So, I left the audition in tears.” KnowsFirstsLeftRoomsRolesBreakTearsFemaleAuditionsEmilyDevastatedFemale Roles Author:Tinsel Korey
“I was 35. I was the oldest female VJ at Viacom ever. I left them, which at least preserved my dignity, because I'm sure they would eventually have kicked me to the curb. I mean, who there is over 35 now? I can't even imagine. On air? I was glad I lasted that long.” MeanLongI CanLeftImagineAirFemaleDignityGladCurb Author:Jancee Dunn
“There were only a few seats left in coach and Bob found himself seated next to a young female fan. 'I can't believe I'm sitting next to Bob Dylan!' she screamed.'Pinch yourself,' said Bob."” BelieveSaidI CanYoungNextFoundLeftFansSittingFemaleCoachesSeatsBobDylan Author:Bob Dylan
“It isn't that black people are protected in America by the left; it's that black liberals are protected just as female liberals are protected, not conservatives.” PeopleAmericaLeftBlackFemaleBlack PeopleProtected Author:Andrew Breitbart
“Tom [Hentoff] - it started when he was the editor of the paper at Wesleyan and the - members of the staff. This was the first wave of political correctness. The editors of the staff members came and said he must - he must, from now on, stop using `freshmen' and - in-as part of the policy of the paper. It had to be `freshperson.' Therefore, you don't - you're not discriminating against males or females. They were very fervent about that, and he was equally fervent about not politicizing language. So until he left, `freshmen' stayed.” FirstsSaidPoliticalLeftLanguagePolicyMembersPaperFemaleMalesWaveEditorsTomsStaffPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessFreshmanFerventStaff Members Author:Nat Hentoff
“If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts.” IfsStillsHandsLeftCivilizationFemaleGrassHuts Author:Camille Paglia
“My father once nearly came to blows with a female dinner guest about whether a particular patch of embroidery was fuchsia or magenta. But the infinite gradations of color in a fine sunset - from salmon to canary to midnight blue - left him wordless.” FatherLeftParticularColorFineFemaleInfiniteBlueBlowDinnerSunsetGuestsMidnightPatchesSalmonCanariesEmbroideryMagentaDinner GuestsMidnight Blue Author:Alison Bechdel