“There is a clear difference between sexist parody and parody of sexism. Sexist parody encourages the players to mock and trivialize gender issues while parody of sexism disrupts the status quo and undermines regressive gender conventions.” DifferencesIssuesClearPlayerGenderSexismConventionsStatus QuoMockParodySexistGender Issues Author:Anita Sarkeesian
“I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.” ThinkingDifferentFilmIndustrySexistFilm Industry Author:Christine Lahti
“To stand together against homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic and racist agendas. I’m an optimist and I can’t help but feel hopeful about the future of film - especially looking at all the beautiful people in this room. Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.’ I would like to encourage everyone in this room to please speak up.” PeopleFeelsSaidI CanEndsMatterHelpingTogetherBeautifulFilmSpeakRoomsOur LivesKingsPleaseSilentHopefulRacistAgendasOptimistLutherSexistThings That MatterBeautiful PeopleHomophobicAnti Semitic Author:Jessica Chastain
“"Married with Children" was racy, it was sexist, it was a lot of things, but mostly it was funny.” ChildrenFunnyMarriedSexistMarried With Children Author:Katey Sagal
“To avoid being sexist and racist, we should assume that half the perpetrators of violent crimes are white, liberal women.” ShouldPoliticsWhiteHalfCrimeAssumingViolentRacistSexistPerpetratorsViolent Crimes Author:Michael Z. Williamson
“All literature up to today is sexist. The Muses never sang to the poets about liberated women. It's the same old chanson from the Bible and Homer through Joyce and Proust.” MenTodayLiteraturePoetMen And WomenMuseLiberatedSexistJoyceProustLiberated Woman Book:Closing of the American Mind Source: Closing of the American Mind
“Racist, sexist, and homophobic thoughts cannot, alas, be abolished by fiat but only by the time-honored methods of persuasion, education and exposure to the other guy's-or excuse me, woman's-point of view.” GuyViewsMethodExcusePoint Of ViewToleranceRacistPersuasionHonoredAlasExposureOther GuysSexistExcuse MeHomophobic Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“It was said that Chile was not ready to vote for a woman, it was traditionally a sexist country. In the end, the reverse happened: the fact of being a woman became a symbol of the process of cultural change the country was undergoing.” SaidEndsCountryFactsProcessHappenedReadyVoteSymbolsReverseBeing A WomanNot ReadySexistChileCultural Change Author:Michelle Bachelet