“One finds fortunes built on slave labor, indentured labor, prison labor, immigrant labor, female labor, child labor, and scab labor - backed by the lethal force of gun thugs and militia. 'Old money' is often little more than dirty money laundered by several generations of possession.” ChildrenLittlesPoliticalForceGenerationsGunBuiltFemaleLaborPrisonFortuneSlavePossessionDirtyImmigrantsThugMilitiaChild LaborOld MoneyScabsSlave LaborDirty Money Author:Michael Parenti
“I ask you ... to recognize that AIDS virus is not a political creature. It does not care whether you are Democrat or Republican; it does not ask whether you are black or white, male or female, gay or straight, young or old.” DoeCareYoungPoliticalAsksBlackWhiteHealthRepublicanGayCreaturesFemaleDemocratMalesAidsVirusesBlack Or White Author:Mary Fisher
“As far as male and female are concerned, difference is a biological fact, whereas equality is a political, ethical and social concept. No rule of nature or of social organization says that the sexes have to be the same or do the same things in order to be social, political and economic equals.” FactsPoliticalOrderSocialSexDifferencesEconomicConceptsConcernedFemaleOrganizationMalesEqualityEthicalSocial Organization Author:Alice S Rossi
“I'm not really a political-type person, meaning that I don't really make great stands or whatever, but if you ask me a direct question I say it shouldn't matter who you are, whether you're black, white, green, gay, male, female. If you can do a job and do it well you should be paid for it, you should be respected for it, and you have to be responsible. I think sometimes people can go too fare trying to make a point. I think they should just make their point and go on about.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldTryingWellsPersonsSometimesMatterJobsPoliticalAsksBlackCan DoWhiteTypeGoes OnGayFemaleDirectPaidResponsibleGreenWho You AreMalesAsk MeBeing ResponsibleBlack WhiteMale Female Author:Dolly Parton
“It's not my business to remedy deaths! It's my business to tell stories. Lyra and the other heroines didn't come with placards saying, "Make this a feminist story!" I'm glad people enjoy seeing a female protagonist in a big adventure story, but I didn't do it for political reasons.” PeopleReasonStoriesBigsPoliticalEnjoySeeingAdventureFemaleFeministGladRemedyHeroinesProtagonistsFemale Protagonists Author:Philip Pullman
“Every woman with a career has to make sacrifices when it comes to her children. It's no different with me, as a political activist, than with businesswomen, of which there are thankfully more and more in Russia. Or a female cabinet minister.” ChildrenDifferentPoliticalCareersSacrificeFemaleRussiaMinistersActivistCabinets Author:Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
“Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective.” PeopleThinkingPoliticalPerspectiveFemaleFeminist Author:Amanda de Cadenet
“We do not have many women leaders in the world. But if you look at the current examples, most of those few female leaders that we have today lead their countries under the pressure of difficult political and economic circumstances. They all posses strong personalities and have real political influence on the domestic and international scene.” IfsWorldLooksRealCountryTodayPoliticalStrongDifficultLeaderInfluenceEconomicExamplePersonalityCircumstancesSceneFemalePressureInternationalCurrentsPosseStrong PersonWoman LeaderFemale LeadersStrong PersonalityPolitical Influence Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“The word feminism has negative connotations for men. Rather, we are wanting to celebrate females and their confidence. There is no political agenda behind my work. I'm just trying to make music that makes me feel good and confident. We've got a cool message.” MenFeelsTryingPoliticalBehindsFeminismMessagesNegativeFemaleFeel GoodCelebrateAgendasConnotationPolitical Agendas Author:Nicole Scherzinger
“We are in the midst of a violent backlash againist feminism that uses images of female beauty as political weapons against women's advancement.” UsePoliticalFeminismWeaponsFemaleViolentMidstAdvancementBacklashFemale BeautyMale Beauty Author:Naomi Wolf
“It's not a lack of competence that is preventing the [Barack] Obama administration from stopping these attacks. It is political correctness. We didn't monitor the Facebook posting of the female San Bernardino terrorist. She made a public call to jihad, and they didn't target it.” MadePoliticalFemaleTerroristAdministrationBarackTargetStoppingCompetencePolitical CorrectnessPreventingCorrectnessJihad Author:Ted Cruz
“Women in Jordan are participating in all aspects of civil as well as political life - as female judges, parliamentarians, businesswomen. And the evolution will continue. This is not something that happens overnight.” WellsHappensPoliticalJudgingEvolutionFemaleAspectJordanParticipatingPolitical Life Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“I was - in this magazine, it referred to me as "political parrot." And I thought, "That's the best you can come up with, really?" Okay, and I think it made fun of something I was wearing. But that does happen, and it happens a lot with female journalists, folks.” ThinkingDoeMadeHappensPoliticalFunFemaleOkayFolksCome UpMagazinesJournalistParrots Author:Kellyanne Conway
“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
“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
“Obviously, the 'Glow' show is a real feminist story. I knew it would be about female empowerment, and that was really exciting to me. Having some distance on a period show, I think you can really delve into those kinds of political topics in an in-depth way, and a lot of that reverberates today.” ThinkingKindRealTodayPoliticalFemaleEmpowermentExcitingDistanceFeminist Author:Alison Brie
“People ask me: "Do I consider myself to be a Latino writer?" "What does it mean to be Latino?" Those are very strange questions to answer , but feminism is easier because it's just an ideology, a way I live my life. And absolutely in the most political sense I try to sit down and write very strong female roles.” PeopleWritingTryingMeanPoliticalStrongFeminismStrangeFemaleIdeologyAsk MeVery StrongLiving My LifeLatinoI Live My LifeStrong Female Author:Quiara Alegria Hudes
“A culture fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.” PoliticalCultureFeminismFemaleMadPopulationObsessionObedienceDietsBad AssDietingFemale BeautyThinnessBeauty Myth Author:Naomi Wolf
“If any of us hopes to survive, she must meet the extremity of the American female condition with immediate and political response. The thoroughly destructive and indefensible subjugation of the majority of Americans cannot continue except at the peril of the entire body politic.” IfsBodyPoliticalWomenConditionsFemaleMajorityResponseDestructivePerilExtremitySubjugation Author:June Jordan