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“Feminism … I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to be You and Me.' Free to be, if you were a girl—doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. Anything you want to be. And if you’re a boy, and you like teaching, you like nursing, you would like to have a doll, that’s OK too. That notion that we should each be free to develop our own talents, whatever they may be, and not be held back by artificial barriers—manmade barriers, certainly not heaven sent.”

“If we are ever to construct a feminist movement that is not based on the premise that men and women are always at war with one another, then we must be willing to acknowledge the appropriateness of complex critical responses to writing by men even if it is sexist. Clearly women can learn from writers whose work is sexist, even be inspired by it, because sexism may be simply one dimension of that work. Concurrently fiercely critiquing the sexism does not mean that one does not value the work.”

Source: Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics

“...feminism never harmed anybody unless it was some feminists. The danger is that the study and contemplation of "ourselves" may become so absorbing that it builds by slow degrees a high wall that shuts out the great world of thought.”

World May Study Feminism Danger Wall Degrees Feminist Contemplation Narcissism Absorbing

Book:A woman of fifty

Source: A woman of fifty

“... the attempt to control poetry, to subordinate it to extrapoetic ends, constitutes misuse.... it may be poetry's stubborn quality of rockbottom, intrinsic uselessness whichconstitutes the guarantee of its integrity, and hence of its ultimate value to us.”

May Ends Poetry Values Quality Feminism Poet Integrity Ultimate Guarantees Stubborn Subordinates Misuse Uselessness

Author:Jan Clausen

“Love women! I hate feminism. "Hate" may be an accurate word, but too strong to use. I strongly oppose feminism because it's nothing but liberalism, and it's doing nothing to actually advance women. It's doing just the exact opposite.”

May Use Hate Strong Feminism Opposites I Hate Liberalism Accurate Doing Nothing

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.”

Knows May Home Choices Feminism Regard Feminist Productive Honorable Advocating Mothering Elevating

Author:Dennis Prager

“But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!”

Wells May Life Is Fighting Feminism Battle Womens Rights

Author:Charlotte Bronte

“Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.”

May Age Grows Women Groups Feminism Aging Feminist Radical Aging Process

Book:Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions

Source: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions

“While falling in love is fun, it's not everything, and it's not the antidote to an unfulfilled life, despite what Reese Witherspoon movies may tell you.”

May Fall Fun Love Is Feminism Falling In Love Despite Bad Ass Antidote

Book:Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters

Source: Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters

“There may be an art to conversation, and some are better at it than others, but conversation's virtue lies in randomness and possibility: people, without a plan, could speak a spontaneous, unexpected truth, because revelation rules. Telling words recur in this smart, generous conversation between Stephen Andrews and Gregg Bordowitz: patience, responsibility, feminism, ethics, cosmology, AIDS, gift, freedom, mortality.”