“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.” IfsThinkingWantShouldMayIdeasSongGirlHeavenBoysFeminismTeachingTalentDoctorsNotionLawyerChiefsIndianExplanationBarriersCaptureBe YouArtificialSimplestNursingDollsHeaven SentIndian Chief Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I don't see why ogling same-sex kissing should be the exclusive domain of frat boys whacking off to lesbian action, that's so sexist. Feminism should be all inclusive- it should be about sexual liberation, equal pay for equal work, and the fundamental girl right of boy2boy appreciation.” ShouldActionGirlSexPayBoysFeminismKissingEqualFundamentalsAppreciationLiberationDomainExclusiveSexistEqual Pay Book:Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Source: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
“I hate dogma in any form. I hated it in the Catholic Church and Girl Scout troops of the 1950s, and I hate in in gay activism and established feminism today.” TodayFormHateGirlChurchFeminismGayI HateCatholicActivismHatedDogmaTroopsCatholic ChurchGirl Scout Author:Camille Paglia
“Feminism is for all women and girls, not a privileged few or one ethnicity, religion, age, sexual preference, ability, region or hemisphere.” AgeGirlAbilityFeminismRegionsPrivilegedPreferenceEthnicityHemisphere Author:Robin Morgan
“I want a revamped feminism. Putting the vamp back means the lady must be a tramp. My generation of the Sixties rebels wanted to smash the bourgeois codes that had become authoritarian totems of the Fifties. The 'nice' girl with her soft, sanitized speech and decorous manners had to go. Thirty years later, we're still stuck with her - in the official spokesmen and the anointed heiresses of the feminist establishment.” WantYearsMeanStillsWantedGirlSexWomenNiceGenerationsFeminismStuckCodeThirtyRebelSixtyBourgeoisMy GenerationThirty YearsTotemsTrampsNice GirlVamp Book:Vamps & Tramps: New Essays Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays
“I think I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't even be something that people find mildly surprising. It's just a part of being a girl in 2013.” PeopleThinkingIdeasRealityGirlCommunityNaturalJusticeClassGenerationsFeminismHuman NatureEqualEthicsHuman RightsBunchIdeologySurprisingEqual RightsCivilityBeing A Girl Author:Lorde
“All my friends were girls. Then my mom's strident feminism for years where men were thought of as the enemy, I just didn't know what the right way to be a man was.” KnowsMenWayYearsGirlEnemyFeminismMomMy FriendsMy MomRight WayBe A Man Author:Michael Ian Black