“I believe that it is our human right to be parents and women. And there's no contradiction between feminism, which means women should have all that they are entitled to, all that they can do, all the opportunities that they can take advantage of they should have.” ShouldBelieveHumansMeanOpportunityI BelieveParentCan DoFeminismAdvantageShould HaveContradictionEntitled Author:Anne Roiphe
“I wish feminism wasn't so scary to people. It should be an evolving concept. I think it's an umbrella term to embrace conflicting ideas.” PeopleThinkingShouldIdeasWishTermFeminismConceptsEmbraceScaryEvolveUmbrellaConflicting Ideas Author:Merritt Wever
“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
“If you do not regard feminism with an uplifting sense of the gloriousness of woman's industrial destiny, or in the way, in short, that it is prescribed, by the rules of the political publicist, that you should, that will be interpreted by your opponents as an attack on woman.” IfsWayShouldPoliticalPoliticsDestinyFeminismRegardUpliftingOpponentsPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessPublicists Book:The Art of Being Ruled Source: The Art of Being Ruled