“I don't think about the gender thing very much. But when I speak at schools, I've had female students say to me afterwards, "I never envisioned myself being a director, since I've never seen women do it." But after seeing me, they can picture themselves directing, so maybe we'll see more female directors.” ThinkingSchoolSpeakSeeingStudentsDirectorsFemaleGender Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“I really knew how to speak - from my female voice, that "different voice" that Carol Gilligan so presciently described many years ago in her groundbreaking book. Because if we try to speak in a voice that isn't ours, we lose our power.” IfsTryingYearsBookDifferentSpeakVoiceLosesFemaleYears AgoCarolsDifferent VoicesGroundbreakingFemale Voice Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“To me, the Craft is what Christianity was 2,000 years ago. It was a religion that was not corrupted. I personally think Jesus was a Crafter. We believe in all the things that he spoke of. The early Christians believed in reincarnation, and that was later removed from the belief system. Early Christians had a female Divinity, and that was taken out of their belief system, or as with Catholicism, replaced with Mary. Look at how incredible the growth in devotion of Mary is. It's amazing. The desire for a female Divinity is not just Wiccan. It speaks of a global need.” ThinkingNeedsYearsBelieveLooksChristianDesireJesusBeliefSpeakGrowthChristianityTakenFemaleYears AgoIncrediblesDevotionCraftsDivinitySpokesCatholicismMaryReincarnationReplacedBelief SystemsWiccanCrafters Author:Silver RavenWolf
“We were pregnant at the time, and while I was out there I started to realize that if I had a daughter, there would come a day when I would have to apologize to her for my profession. I would have to apologize for the way it treats and speaks to women readers, and the way it treats its female characters.” IfsWayBookCharacterSpeakRealizingReaderDaughterFemaleTreatsProfessionComicPregnantApologizingComic BookFemale CharactersWere Pregnant Author:Matt Fraction
“to speak as black, female, and commercial lawyer has rendered me simultaneously universal, trendy, and marginal.” SpeakBlackFemaleUniversalLawyerTrendy Author:Patricia J. Williams
“Everyone - particularly my female friends I speak to - all say 'I wouldn't be in my twenties again if I was paid.' It's a difficult time.” IfsSpeakDifficultFemalePaidTwentiesDifficult TimesFemale Friends Author:Miranda Hart
“These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness” MenHumansActionEvilSpeakReligiousVirtueSuccessfulRichMysteryHonestyPolicyProtectIllusionDeserveFemaleFairsBraveRewardsAncientDeedsPossessionDemonUnhappinessDoomedGood DeedsEvil ManActions Speak Louder Than WordsHonesty Is The Best PolicyTalismansActions Speak Louder Book:Children of Dune Source: Children of Dune
“I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely to protect her public persona, so to speak, than an actor would be.” ThinkingWould BeActorsSpeakProtectStandardsFemaleMalesActressesPersonaDouble Standard Author:Mila Kunis
“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
“Being a bigger person, whether you're male or female, in entertainment, it can hurt your chances. Because people look to you to be a so-called superstar. Perfect body, perfect figure, good looking, and smart. And larger people, we have to fit in anywhere we can and the best way we can, so to speak. The way the world looks at you at being perfect, and nobody's perfect.” PeopleWorldWayLooksPersonsBodySpeakHurtChancePerfectFiguresFitSmartFemaleBiggerMalesEntertainmentBest WayLooking GoodSuperstarNobody's PerfectBigger Person Author:Bruce Bruce
“You cannot call a poem female just because it is written by a woman. Nevertheless, I think attempts to find femininity in female bodies, life, and thinking, attempts to find a way for women to speak, will improve widely in Korea.” ThinkingWayBodySpeakWrittenFemaleNeverthelessFemininityKoreaFemale Body Author:Kim Hyesoon
“I've had countless jihadis shut me down straightaway and say, "I'm not allowed to speak to any woman who is not my relative." But among the few I'm able to get through to, I think that being female makes me more approachable, soft, all the stereotypes of what female means.” ThinkingMeanAbleSpeakFemaleRelativeStereotype Author:Rukmini Maria Callimachi
“As a female band, we don't come from trying to be appealing or "sexy." There are a lot of bands - and I'm not dissing anyone - that talk a lot about being girls. I'm more into the idea of being ourselves and letting that speak for itself.” TryingGirlSpeakFemaleSexyBeing A GirlDissing Author:Emily Kokal
“The song "This Is Not Surreal," was inspired by a painter I love, Frida Kahlo. She really did suffer for her art. She speaks to me. She was brutally honest in her work. At that time in fine art, you really didn't see many female artists expressing that. She was such a strong female presence, and I really look up to her. She had a lot of physical pain.” ArtPainArtistSufferingSongSpeakStrongHonestFemaleInspiredPainterLook UpSurrealFine ArtsPhysical PainStrong FemaleBrutally HonestFrida Author:Lindi Ortega
“Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them.” MindHardThreeSpeakModernFemaleSentencesElizabethanModern English Author:Terry Pratchett
“Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between radically different persons, male and female; and so it echoes the absolute covenant of God with his chosen, a covenant between radically different partners.” PersonsDifferentSpeakMarriageUniqueFemaleAbsolutesMalesPartnersChosenEchoesFaithfulnessCovenantCovenant With God Author:Rowan Williams
“White men have screwed this country up! I would like a black, female…. everything all rolled into one.I want something different. I want a real change. People, I want a president who speaks well, who has a sense of humor. This guy is such a moron! It's beyond the point where it's a joke. He's an idiot.” PeopleMenWantWellsDifferentRealCountryGuySpeakBlackPresidentWhiteJokesFemaleIdiotSense Of HumorWhite ManThis GuyWant SomethingMoronReal Change Author:Denis Leary
“Wolves don’t socialize with humans. You guys tend to freak out when you learn what we are. Not to mention, your females are rather frail. I don’t like having to hold back for fear of bruising or killing my partner when I mate. (Vane) And people think I speak my mind. Jeez. You will just say anything, won’t you? (Sunshine)” PeopleThinkingMindHumansGuySpeakFemaleKillingPartnersSunshineMatesFreakSay AnythingFrail Book:Night Embrace Source: Night Embrace
“I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever of that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would rather be paid the compliment of being believed sincere. I thank you again and again for the honour you have done me in your proposals, but to accept them is absolutely impossible. My feelings in every respect forbid it. Can I speak plainer? Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.” MenHeartKindDoneFeelingsSpeakAcceptingImpossibleCreaturesFemalePaidRationalSincereHonourComplimentAgain And AgainElegantElegancePlagueProposalRespectableSpeak The TruthYou AgainPretensionRespectable ManHonour You Book:Pride and Prejudice Source: Pride and Prejudice