“I'm totally into Taylor Swift. I think she has super-clever lyrics, and I love that she writes her own music. Some of the themes she writes about are stuff I wish was there for me when I was in high school, and I'm so happy she really cares about her female fans. She's not catering to a male audience and is writing music for other girls.” ThinkingWritingCareSchoolGirlWishStuffAudienceFansHigh SchoolFemaleMalesCleverThemeOther GirlWriting MusicCatering Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Whenever people call me the first female this or that, it doesn't make it more special because no one in front of me wanted the same job. I've always wanted weird stuff and enjoyed things differently than other girls.” PeopleFirstsWantedJobsGirlStuffSpecialFrontsFemaleEnjoyedCall MeOther GirlWeird Stuff Author:Ronda Rousey
“There was a male sketch group in my college. I was like why isn't there a female sketch group? So then I started doing sketch comedy and all that stuff. It just happened.” StuffComedyHappenedGroupsCollegeFemaleMalesSketch Comedy Author:Missi Pyle
“People often ask me if I feel discriminated against as a black female director. I don't. I'm actually offered a ton of stuff. But I only want to direct what I write. And I prefer to focus on black female characters. What's most important to me is to put characters up onscreen who are not perfect, but who are human and flawed.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsWritingHumansImportantCharacterAsksStuffBlackPerfectFocusDirectorsFemaleDirectAsk MeFlawedNot PerfectFemale Characters Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“I don't know who it is, probably some geek - said that when a female gets to a certain age, all her sexuality goes. She's not a vital person anymore. If you're somebody's mother you're not vital. This is such crap, because you're still a person. You still have all the things that you came into childbearing with and all that kind of stuff.” IfsKnowsKindPersonsSaidStillsAgeMotherCertainStuffFemaleSexualityCrapGeekChildbearing Author:Pat Benatar
“For the blockbusters, people were always telling me that if you write female protagonists, the boys won't go, so you have to put the boys' stuff in it to get everybody. I write for people from 8 to 80, and that's not easy.” PeopleIfsWritingEasyStuffBoysFemaleProtagonistsBlockbusterFemale Protagonists Author:Linda Woolverton
“There are a lot of male directors who are directing female-driven pieces. I think that its good to get the girl's point of view and they should write stuff that they know.” ThinkingKnowsShouldWritingGirlStuffViewsPiecesDirectorsFemaleMalesPoint Of ViewDriven Author:Jerusha Hess
“I think that I'm going to be including a lot of anonymous female artists in what I look at and incorporate. Most textiles are created by women. Generally, most stuff that's not in the canon is created by women.” ThinkingLooksArtistStuffFemaleIncludingCanonTextilesFemale Artists Author:Laura Owens
“It's hard because I seek out strong female roles. I turn down a lot of stuff, not because it's not good, but because I don't want to play certain types of characters. I don't like to just play the pretty girl.” WantHardPlayCharacterCertainTurnsGirlStrongStuffRolesTypeFemalePretty GirlStrong FemaleFemale Roles Author:Gina Holden
“When I got into all the grunge stuff, I really liked Hole. I actually saw them in concert when I was a sophomore in high school. It was kind of rare to see a successful female rocker get down and dirty with the guys. And Courtney Love did. It was fun to be a fan of something different.” KindDifferentSchoolGuyFunStuffSuccessfulSawsFansHigh SchoolFemaleDown AndHolesDirtyConcertsRockersSophomoreGrungeCourtney Author:Carrie Underwood
“Statistically in the UK, there are so many fewer female composers than male songwriters and they're marketed in a way that - females are marketed in a way that they're these independent unique artists writing their own stuff, and they're not, because fourteen percent of PRS goes to women.” WayWritingArtistStuffUniquePercentFemaleIndependentMalesComposerFewerSongwritersFourteen Author:Kate Nash
“Sure, there are times when the guys talk about playing football in school and I can't relate to that, but I can relate to being a female athlete. And as long as you are prepared, work hard and know your stuff, you will be fine.” KnowsLongI CanHardSchoolGuyStuffFootballHard WorkFineFemalePreparedAthleteRelatePlaying FootballFemale Athlete Author:Megan Alexander
“I don't really listen to a lot of 90s alternative indie female stuff anymore, but I loved Liz Phair and Kim Deal when I was younger.” StuffDealsFemaleAlternativesKimLiz Author:Bethany Cosentino
“Oddly, I think if you look at comic books, you look at the shelves in the store, it's predominantly male characters, historically. But if you look outside the window it's 52-percent female, and something odd is going on there. So I do think it's your responsibility as a writer, really, to create stuff that little girls can get into too. I want my daughters to have role models that are female.” IfsThinkingWantLooksLittlesBookCharacterGirlStuffResponsibilityRolesModelsPercentDaughterFemaleWindowMalesStoresComicOddMy DaughterRole ModelsComic BookShelves Author:Mark Millar
“God as "he," as a patriarchal thing, is offensive to me. It's standard fare for America - "he, he, he." Every time I hear that, it's like another blow against females. It's very radical talk at this point for females to say this kind of stuff, but nationwide, I still hear females referring to God as "he."” KindStillsAmericaStuffStandardsFemaleBlowRadicalOffensiveReferring Author:Patty Griffin
“For [people] to be like "So what it's like dealing with female characters who are completely disgusting?" I don't think they are - does that make me weird? I made a very intentional choice to not care about that stuff, and go like "I don't care about it, I'm just gonna tell my truth and see what happens."” PeopleThinkingDoeMadeCharacterHappensCareChoicesStuffFemaleDon't CareI Don't CareDisgustingFemale CharactersMy Truth Author:Leslye Headland
“It was futile to attack with reason the stout wall of irrational feelings that, as is known, is the stuff of which the female mind is made.” MindMadeReasonFeelingsStuffKnownWallFemaleIrrationalStoutFemale Mind Book:Laughable Loves Source: Laughable Loves