“There's no such thing as post-feminism. It's like saying post-democracy, excuse me, what does that mean? We're nowhere near equality, so the very idea of post-feminism is ridiculous. The same people who 30-40 years ago said the women's movement is not necessary, 'it's going against nature, my wife is not interested' [are] the same people now saying 'well it used to be necessary but not anymore.' The very invention of the word post-feminism is the current form of resistance.” PeopleYearsWellsMeanDoeSaidIdeasFormUsedDemocracyWifeFeminismMovementYears AgoCurrentsExcuseMy WifeRidiculousInventionResistanceUsed To BePostsNot InterestedExcuse Me Author:Gloria Steinem
“There are people who view their feminism in different ways. I used to beat myself up if I didn't react to things like I was supposed to.” PeopleIfsWayDifferentUsedViewsFeminismBeatsDifferent Ways Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Naturally my stories are about women - I'm a woman. I don't know what the term is for men who write mostly about men. I'm not always sure what is meant by "feminist." In the beginning I used to say, well, of course I'm a feminist. But if it means that I follow a kind of feminist theory, or know anything about it, then I'm not. I think I'm a feminist as far as thinking that the experience of women is important. That is really the basis of feminism.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWritingWellsKindMeanImportantStoriesUsedCoursesTermFeminismTheoryBasesFeministFeminist Theory Author:Alice Munro
“It used to be that if someone was to get involved in feminism, it was probably because they were already interested. They were already interested in feminism; they were already interested in being an activist, and they found their way to like a NOW meeting or to a consciousness-raising group or something like that.” IfsWayUsedFoundConsciousnessGroupsFeminismInvolvedMeetingsUsed To BeActivistGet Involved Author:Jessica Valenti
“Hey, folks, look at all the damage that Bill Clinton has done to feminism. First, oral sex is not sex now. You got a Lewinsky, it isn't sex. And sexual harassment, you know what it used to be? All you had to have for sexual harassment was for a superior in your office to use his power to have his way with you, no matter whether you wanted it or not. Now that's out the window. Because we can't, of course, have Bill Clinton said to have engaged in sexual harassment. No way. Not gonna happen.” KnowsWayFirstsLooksSaidMatterDoneUseHappensWantedUsedCoursesSexFeminismOfficeWindowBillsClintonFolksSuperiorsUsed To BeHeyEngagedDamageHarassment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's a reason why forty, fifty, and sixty don't look the way they used to, and it's not because of feminism, or better living through exercise. It's because of hair dye. In the 1950's only 7 percent of American women dyed their hair; today there are parts of Manhattan and Los Angeles where there are no gray-haired women at all.” WayLooksReasonTodayUsedFeminismHairExercisePercentReason WhyFiftyFortyLos AngelesGraySixtyManhattanAmerican WomanHair Dye Author:Nora Ephron
“I’m going to lie this one right on the line, right here, right now: I’m pro big pants. Strident feminism NEEDS big pants. Really big. I’m currently wearing a pair that could have been used as a fire blanket to put out the Great Fire of London at any point during the first 48 hours or so. They extend from the top of my thigh to my belly button, and effectively double up as a second property that I can escape to at weekends. If I were going to run for parliament, it would be solely on a platform of ‘Get Women In Massive Grundie’s’.” IfsNeedsFirstsHas BeensI CanBigsWould BeRunningUsedLyingHoursLinesFireFeminismRight NowPropertyLondonPairsMassiveWeekendPantsPlatformsButtonsBellyParliamentCould Have BeenBlanketThighs48 HoursBelly Buttons Author:Caitlin Moran
“She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she's going out with a command that is hers. She is used to making those, decisions herself.” WorldBodyUsedDecisionFeminismProfoundCommandGoing Out Author:Will Smith
“Ever since I was a kid, I've been into clothes, but not really labels- that's kind of only been in the last year or so. It's something I've always cared about. I used to just constantly thrift and make stuff and cut stuff up and borrow my dad's stuff and borrow my little brother's stuff and all that jazz. ... It's just, if something is cool, then it's cool.” IfsYearsKindLittlesKidsLastsUsedStuffCuttingFeminismFashionBrotherDadClothesJazzMy DadLabelsLast YearThriftLittle BrotherMy Little Brother Author:Lorde
“I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.” PeopleThinkingDifferentUsedNamesForceFeminismFeministLiberatingDifferent Names Author:Lydia Lunch
“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