“The full implications of feminism will evolve over time, as we organize, experiment, think, analyze, and revise our ideas and strategies in light of our experiences. No theory emerges in full detail overnight; the dominant theories of our day have expanded and changed over many decades. That it will take time should not discourage us. That we might fail to pursue our ideas - given the enormous need for them in society today - is unconscionable.” ThinkingNeedsShouldIdeasLightMightTodayGivenFailingFeminismChangedTheoryStrategyDetailsDecadesExperimentsEnormousPursueEvolveTake TimeDominantOrganizeImplicationsDiscouragingSociety Today Author:Charlotte Bunch
“I wrote myself back together. I wrote myself toward a stronger version of myself . . . Through writing and feminism, I also found that if I was a little bit brave, another woman might hear me and see me and recognize that none of us are the nothing the world tries to tell us we are.” IfsWorldWritingTryingLittlesMightTogetherFoundBitsFeminismLittle BitStrongerBraveVersionsBack TogetherAnother Woman Author:Roxane Gay
“Things are much more complicated. Feminism versus pornography, for example. There are a lot of feminists who think it is bad, but others think it's good. I have become, you might call it mature - I would call it senile - and I can see both sides. But you can't write a satirical song with 'but on the other hand' in it, or 'however'. It's got to be one-sided.” ThinkingWritingI CanHandsMightSongSidesFeminismExampleFeministComplicatedMatureBoth SidesVersusPornographySatiricalOne SidedSenile Author:Tom Lehrer
“The kind of organic wave, the way that waves move, and I'm not just talking about feminism, the way that a social movement might rise like a wave. It's harder to build any kind of wave now. Things are important to you and then they recede within a day. That's the only thing that keeps me from believing that there's going to be any one organic big wave; although the Americana (music) thing has been happening for a while.” WayBelieveKindHas BeensImportantBigsMightMovingSocialTalkingFeminismMovementHappeningsHarderWaveSocial MovementsAmericana Author:Dar Williams
“What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy and smug they might be. Are you a feminist? Hahaha. Of course you are.” MenShouldMightCoursesBeliefFeminismFeministFatsLazyNutsDeludedHahaha Author:Caitlin Moran
“In far too many families with young children, both parents are working, when, if they really took an honest look at the budget, they might find they don't both need to. ... What happened in America so that mothers and fathers who leave their children in the care of someone else - or worse yet, home alone after school between three and six in the afternoon - find themselves more affirmed by society? Here, we can thank the influence of radical feminism.” IfsNeedsLooksChildrenHomeMightCareSchoolAmericaYoungMotherThreeFatherParentHappenedFeminismInfluenceHonestSixRadicalBudgetsAfternoonControversialMe AloneRadical FeminismYoung ChildrenMother And FatherAfter School Author:Rick Santorum
“You might be thinking who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing up on stage at the UN. It's a good question and trust me I have been asking myself the same thing. I don't know if I am qualified to be here. All I know is that I care about this problem. And I want to make it better.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantHas BeensProblemMightCareGirlFeminismStageAskingI CareHarry PotterTrust MeQualifiedPottersGood Questions Author:Emma Watson
“Recently, I wrote that feminism was 'finding a way of being a girl that doesn't hurt' a way for girls and women to re-negotiate our understanding of the world so that we can become a full and equal part of it rather than just a means of decorating it; to move towards a place where the mere act of being a girl isn't used against us as both a threat and an obligation. Through feminism, I have found a peace of sorts from the sense that my femaleness required a constant apology so that I might be given permission to pass through these narrow corridors.” WorldWayMeanMightMovingUsedGirlFoundGivenUnderstandingWomenHurtFeminismEqualFindingsConstantThreatMereObligationApologyPermissionCorridorsDecoratingBeing A Girl Author:Clementine Ford
“Mainstream feminism might remember that the war on women always starts with the war on whores.” WarMightRememberFeminismMainstream Author:Molly Crabapple