“What could not be denied was that in vast segments of the animal world natural selection of the most qualified individuals took place not by competition for females but by competition for space.” WorldIndividualNaturalSpaceAnimalEvolutionFemaleCompetitionDeniedSelectionQualifiedNatural SelectionAnimal World Book:AFRICAN GENISIS Source: AFRICAN GENISIS
“I am grateful to the motherland and the people. I feel honored to fly into space on behalf of hundreds of millions of female Chinese citizens.” PeopleFeelsSpaceMillionsCitizensFemaleGratefulChineseHonoredBehalfI Am GratefulMotherland Author:Liu Yang
“It's fantastic that Congress has an increasing number of women. Experts call an increasingly female presence in a previously male space 'the Bruce Jenner effect.'” SpaceNumbersEffectsFemaleMalesCongressFantasticExperts Author:Craig Ferguson
“Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'” SpacePayFemaleEmpoweringWomen EmpowermentEmpowering WomenFemale EmpowermentEmpowered WomenWomen Empowering WomenInspirational Strong WomenStrong Women And LovePrettinessEmpowering Female Author:Diana Vreeland
“The fictitious worlds created for kids are nearly bereft of female presence. It's sending a very clear message from the beginning that women and girls do not have half of the adventures, that they're not as important. We're teaching kids that girls and women don't take up half the space in the world.” WorldImportantKidsGirlSpaceHalfClearTeachingAdventureMessagesFemaleThat GirlBereftTeaching Kids Author:Geena Davis
“We have it in our heads that women only need to take up a certain amount of space and then we've done right by them. It's the same in every profession. We get a handful of women professors, a few female board members - that looks normal.” NeedsLooksDoneCertainSpaceAmountMembersNormalFemaleProfessionBoardsProfessorsHandfulBoard Members Author:Geena Davis
“Along the way, female filmmakers will have the feeling that they're not good enough. And that's really just a result of being "otherized" from the moment they're born. Keep an eye out for all those insecurities, and even expect them. Borrow white male privilege and just move through the world as if it was created for you. You have to kind of talk yourself into an imaginary space where the world is on your side and expects you to speak and wants you to speak. You have to create that space for yourself over and over again. Every hour sometimes.” IfsWorldWayWantKindSometimesEnoughMomentsFeelingsEyeMovingSpeakSidesBornHoursSpaceWhiteResultsFemaleMalesPrivilegeFilmmakerInsecurityGood EnoughImaginaryYour SideNot Good EnoughMale Privilege Author:Jill Soloway
“When it comes to female fan attention, I'm married, so obviously I avoid the places where you might get unwanted female attention - clubs and social environments, bars and public spaces.” MightSocialSpaceAttentionEnvironmentFansMarriedFemaleClubsBarsUnwantedSocial Environment Author:Simon Bird
“In the space shuttle program, where we had males and females, I can tell you that nobody was doing that [sex] because there's absolutely no privacy. The only privacy would have been in the air lock, but everybody would know what you were doing. You're not out there doing a spacewalk. There's no reason to be in there.” KnowsHas BeensI CanReasonSexSpaceAirFemaleProgramMalesPrivacyNo ReasonLocksDoing YouSpace ShuttleShuttle Program Author:Mike Mullane
“I think the Internet really sussed things into perspective. Because twelve years ago, I could spend my days on writing and running my band and touring and making posters and practicing with my band and working on my vocals, but I didn't spend a large pie chart of my time sifting through criticism as well, and nowadays I do, and all female artists do, because to be able to promote your work, you need to live in those spaces.” ThinkingNeedsWritingYearsWellsRunningAbleArtistSpacePerspectiveInternetBandFemaleYears AgoCriticismMy TimeTwelvePieVocalTouringPostersSiftingFemale Artists Author:Amanda Palmer
“This book will prove the following ten facts: 1. A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there. 2. Pigs have wings, making them hard to catch. 3. All power corrupts, but we need electricity. 4. When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, the result is a family fight. 5. Music does not always sooth the troubled beast. 6. An Englishman's home is his castle. 7. The female of the species is more deadly than the male. 8. One black eye deserves another. 9. Space is the final frontier, and so is the sewage farm. 10. It pays to increase your word power.” NeedsDoeBookHardFactsHomeEyeFightingForceBlackSpaceResultsPayObjectsTenProveDeserveFemaleIncreaseWingsSticksSpeciesMalesFinalsFollowingBeastFarmsPigsElectricityCastlesFrontiersEnglishmenIrresistiblePower CorruptsBlack EyesForegroundSewageGoonsIrresistible Force Author:Diana Wynne Jones
“You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.” MenChildrenMotherSpacePayStreetsCivilizationFemaleWorkersPartnersYour ChildrenEmpoweringWomen EmpowermentSpouseEmpowering WomenFemale EmpowermentEmpowered WomenWomen Empowering WomenInspirational Strong WomenCo WorkerStrong Women And LoveYour BoyfriendPrettinessEmpowering Female Author:Erin McKean