“I wasn't even in a newspaper office where I was getting assignments in competition with other people. I remember earlier, though, that I knew a young woman who had been published in the New Yorker, and I was so jealous of her. It wasn't exactly a personal competition. I just envied that accomplishment.” PeopleRememberYoungOfficeCompetitionNewspapersAccomplishmentJealousYoung WomenNew YorkersAssignmentsEnvied Author:Gloria Steinem
“When I'm talking to people, I find myself quoting the three organizing rules of Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter was initiated by three young women, and too few people know that. But, anyway, the first one is lead with love. The second is low ego, high impact. The third is move with the speed of trust. I must say those make me feel very hopeful for the future.” PeopleKnowsFeelsFirstsMatterMovingYoungThreeBlackTalkingEgoLowsThirdsImpactSpeedHopefulYoung WomenBlack Lives MatterQuotingBlack Lives Author:Gloria Steinem
“I think a certain kind of sexism is so matter-of-fact, and has been for so long, that young women feel less valuable or second-tier if their gender and attractiveness or sexual desirability are not being commented on in the workplace.” IfsThinkingFeelsKindLongHas BeensMatterFactsYoungCertainValuableGenderSexismYoung WomenWorkplaceMatter Of FactAttractivenessDesirability Author:Cris Mazza
“If sexuality is beginning in such a skewed way: that boys expect to receive sexual pleasure and girls are expected to give it without reciprocation, is that why young women, even unintentionally, turn to getting something else in return for sex? Whether it be popularity, career success, professional attention.” IfsWayGivingYoungTurnsGirlSexPleasureAttentionBoysCareersReturnSexualityExpectedPopularityYoung WomenCareer Success Author:Cris Mazza
“Girls Who Rocked the World is full of inspiring stories about young women who demonstrate that people of all ages have the power to create change in the world.” PeopleWorldStoriesAgeYoungGirlYoung WomenInspiring Stories Author:Midori Goto
“What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force.” MenBelieveAgeYoungForcePayHappenedIgnorantYoung WomenReally Sad Author:Bell Hooks
“I see that women still have self-doubt, and at the same time I feel like I see all these fantastic young women, and they all have ambition and are so focused on their futures. I don't think that's an anomaly anymore.” ThinkingFeelsStillsSelfYoungDoubtAmbitionFocusedFantasticYoung WomenSelf-doubtAnomalies Author:Mary Harron
“Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Meyer have already accomplished more than most. I think the sky is the limit for them professionally. If they can inspire more women to "lean in," as Sandberg so famously describes it - to pursue a career and a family - that would be an incredible accomplishment. If they can, by their example as hands on mothers and high powered executives, show young women that they don't need to leave the workplace when they have children, they will be superheroes.” IfsThinkingNeedsChildrenShowsHandsWould BeYoungMotherCareersSkyExampleInspireLimitsIncrediblesPursueAccomplishmentAccomplishedExecutivesYoung WomenWorkplaceSuperheroSky Is The Limit Author:Willow Bay
“The camera follows a young woman as she makes her way through the stands to an area set aside for repentance and conversion. But Jesus' stories imply that far more may be going on out there: beyond that stadium scene, in a place concealed from all camera lenses, a great party has erupted, a gigantic celebration in the unseen world.” WorldWayMayStoriesYoungJesusPartySceneAreasCamerasConversionRepentanceCelebrationYoung WomenUnseenLensesConcealedStadiumsCamera LensesGreat Party Book:Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud Source: Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud
“When people watch me on TV they see part of my life. I wanted to let them know the real me behind the scenes. The child who was a concert violinist from the age of six. The young woman who took on the challenge to compete in the Miss America pageant. The television journalist for twenty-five years. The mother of two who, just like most women, struggles to balance work and family.” PeopleKnowsYearsChildrenTwoRealAgeWantedAmericaYoungMotherChallengesBehindsWatchesStruggleFiveMissingTelevisionTvsBalanceSceneSixTwentiesJournalistFive YearsConcertsYoung WomenTwenty FiveBehind The ScenesWatch MePageantViolinistReal MeMiss America Author:Gretchen Carlson
“We need more young women who love sports even when their boyfriend/husband isn't making them watch!” NeedsYoungSportsWatchesHusbandYoung Women Author:Katie Cleary
“I always believed that my platform would be speaking to young women that were teenagers that had had their babies and were trying to make it as single moms and still have hope and passions and pursuit of great things in their lives.” TryingStillsWould BeYoungPassionBabyMomPursuitGreat ThingsTeenagerPlatformsYoung WomenAlways BelieveSingle MomHaving Hope Author:Shari Wiedmann
“Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It's a story about a young woman who was given a precious opportunity to work her way up in the world. It's a story about resiliency, and sacrifice, and perseverance. And you're damn right it's a true story.” WorldWayStoriesYoungMotherOpportunityGivenSacrificeMinesPerseveranceDamnYoung WomenTeenageTrue StoryResiliencySingle Mother Author:Wendy Davis
“Horace's best ode would not please a young woman as much as the mediocre verses of the young man she is in love with.” MenYoungPleaseYoung ManVersesYoung WomenMediocreOdes Author:Michael Moore
“I think it worked two ways. One, a lot of people writing about the movie used that as shorthand and it could either be a good thing or they could use it to dismiss the movie like we were a copycat movie or something like that. It's very much its own story. It is a young woman in a post-apocalyptic society, but after that it's just a whole different kind of story and a different journey that she goes through.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingKindTwoDifferentWholeStoriesUseYoungUsedJourneyGood ThingsPostsDifferent KindsYoung WomenTwo WaysApocalypticPost ApocalypticShorthandCopycats Author:Neil Burger
“Young women are now looking at me for cues. That's definitely been a responsibility. But I feel like I was ready to take on something like this because I wanted to be challenged and I wanted to be afraid, and that's definitely what it's done for me.” FeelsDoneWantedYoungResponsibilityReadyYoung Women Author:Tatiana Maslany
“Now, what sort of person would write a scene where a young man stumbles upon a castle full only of beautiful young women? Answer: ME!” MenWritingPersonsBeautifulYoungAnswersSceneYoung ManYoung WomenCastlesStumble Upon Author:Michael Palin
“The stark truth is that as long as the welfare state makes it possible for young women - or teenage girls - to have children without a husband and survive without a job, out-of-wedlock births will remain ruinously high, and the inner city will continue to be marked by crime, poverty, and despair.” ChildrenLongStatesJobsYoungGirlCitiesPovertyCrimeBirthTruth IsHusbandDespairWelfareYoung WomenTeenageStarksWelfare StateInner CityTeenage GirlWedlock Book:Libertarianism: A Primer Source: Libertarianism: A Primer
“Only the stupefying ignorance of young women prevents them from comprehending the stupefying emptiness of the men who cluster round them.” MenYoungIgnoranceHe ManRoundsEmptinessYoung WomenClustersComprehending Author:Richard Brookhiser
“The young women who attract so much attention never change: They are all stupid. They have at best only the crudest notions of their own power, and never calculate motives or consequences. Giving a young woman a young woman's body makes as much sense as giving ten teenagers Lamborghinis and telling them to drive in figure 8s around a parking lot.” GivingBodyYoungAttentionStupidFiguresTenConsequenceNotionTeenagerMotiveYoung WomenNever ChangeParkingWomen's BodiesParking Lot Author:Richard Brookhiser
“I feel like a young adult. In high school I never felt like my professional life and my personal life were at odds, because Rookie felt like the bridge.” FeelsSchoolJobsYoungFeltRolesModelsHigh SchoolAdultsYoung AdultTeenagerRole ModelsOddsYoung WomenPersonal LifeProfessional Life Author:Tavi Gevinson
“Friends describe me as someone who likes to sing and dance along the edge of the roof. I try to encourage young women to be willing to take risks, to stand up for the things they believe in, and to step up and accept the challenge of serving in leadership roles.” TryingBelieveYoungChallengesAcceptingStepsRolesRiskWillingEdgesLikesServingRoofYoung WomenStep UpLeadership RolesDescribe Me Author:Wilma Mankiller
“I love Amy Adams. She is wonderful. Evan Rachel Wood is a blast. I am also really excited about Ari Graynor from 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' (2008) and 'An American Crime' (2007). I think it is an exciting time for young women in this industry. I am excited to make my own path.” ThinkingYoungMy OwnPathWonderfulCrimeIndustryExcitingInfiniteExcitedWoodsYoung WomenBlastAmyPlaylists Author:Candice Accola
“There'd never been a clothing line made by a young woman like me: a multiethnic woman who has one foot in Gucci and one foot in the ghetto.” MadeYoungLinesFeetLike MeClothingsYoung WomenGhettoGucciClothing Line Author:Kimora Lee Simmons
“I find it very sad that so many girls who look up to me are young women of color who have been told that they are ugly, and who feel that they are not normal...I think it's so important that women look like me find that they can be beautiful or objects of love, attention and affection.” ThinkingFeelsLooksHas BeensImportantBeautifulYoungGirlAttentionObjectsColorNormalAffectionUglyLike MeLook UpYoung WomenVery Sad Author:Mindy Kaling
“The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.” NeedsLastsYoungStarsSexyPopsSandCoveredTouchingYoung WomenPop StarsGrease Author:Lady Gaga
“... Any county's moral strength, or its moral weakness, is quickly measurable by the street attire and attitude of its women - especially its young women. Wherever ... spiritual values have been submerged, if not destroyed, by an emphasis upon ... material things, invariably the women reflect it.” IfsHas BeensSpiritualYoungValuesAttitudeMoralStreetsMaterialsWeaknessDestroyedYoung WomenEmphasisCountyMaterial ThingsSubmergedAttireSpiritual ValuesMoral Strength Author:Malcolm X
“On the river path in Boston beauty was most expressed as youth and intelligence. That made sense; sixty degree-giving institutions, some three hundred thousand students; that meant at least one hundred fifty thousand more nubile young women than demographics would ordinarily suggest. Maybe that was why young men stayed in Boston when their college years were over, maybe that explained why they were so intellectually hyperactive, so frustrated, so alcoholic, such terrible drivers.” MenGivingYearsMadeYoungThreePathYouthStudentsCollegeTerribleThousandDegreesHundredRiversInstitutionsYoung ManFiftyDriversSixtyFrustratedYoung WomenBostonAlcoholicsDemographicsCollege Years Author:Kim Stanley Robinson
“When I do encounter young women or aspiring filmmakers who tell me that I've inspired them or that my work means something to them, that's amazing. That's really exciting!” MeanYoungExcitingInspiredFilmmakerEncountersYoung Women Author:Diablo Cody
“When you're not confident as a young woman in saying "no" or even saying "yes" necessarily, you don't know which one you're more afraid of in some way. That happens a lot.” KnowsWayHappensYoungYoung WomenSaying NoSaying Yes Author:Ry Russo-Young
“I think the relationship between mother and daughter is so interesting, even in a semi-normal family. Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke's family relationship is going to be so interesting to explore. It is going to give me so many places to go. Obviously, it has been said that she is not the most stable of characters. What is interesting about that, when you think about mental health, is that young women will often come into those problems and difficulties in their 20's, so it is very possible that this will start to affect her psyche.” ThinkingGivingHas BeensSaidCharacterProblemYoungMotherInterestingNormalDaughterGive MeDifficultyMental HealthStableYoung WomenEmilyMother And DaughterPlaces To GoAmandaFamily RelationshipNormal Family Author:Emily VanCamp
“This world is bullshit. And just because I appear in music video wherein I am in my underwear, and make young women feel not good enough so that they become anorxeic; and okay, maybe because of that I became popular more quickly than other singers who are, I don't know, maybe more talented or better songwriters. That doesn't matter because, and... um... my boyfriend is a magician, and he can pull a quarter out of your ear and say things like 'We have not met before have we?' Go with yourself.” KnowsWorldFeelsMatterEnoughYoungThis WorldMetsOkayEarsSingersVideoGood EnoughQuartersBullshitSongwritersYoung WomenMagicianUnderwearNot Good EnoughMy Boyfriend Author:Janeane Garofalo
“Guinevere has been done quite a few times, especially as a mature young woman, who either is the damsel in distress or the warrior, strong-willed woman. Chris wanted a variety of things in this Guinevere. He predominately wanted her to be real and natural, and make mistakes and be passionate, and be the feisty young girl, but then also completely naive, innocent and ignorant, at the same time.” Has BeensRealDoneWantedYoungGirlStrongNaturalMistakePassionateIgnorantInnocentWarriorVarietyMaking MistakesMatureBeing RealYoung WomenDistressNaiveStrong WilledDamsel In DistressFeistyGuinevere Author:Tamsin Egerton
“Guinevere is just head over heels and doesn't know how to handle these new emotions that she's feeling, as a young woman. Unfortunately, she can't reign it all in, all the time. And, even though she tries to do the right thing and be the good girlfriend and have her morals, she slips up a little bit.” KnowsTryingLittlesFeelingsYoungBitsEmotionMoralKnow HowLittle BitHandleRight ThingGirlfriendSlipsHeelsYoung WomenReignGood GirlHead Over HeelsGuinevereGood Girlfriend Author:Tamsin Egerton
“As an actor, and especially as a young woman, there's so much pressure to look good all the time and it really detracts from what our job really is about, which is portraying a different person.” LooksPersonsDifferentJobsYoungActorsPressureYoung WomenPortraying Author:Emmy Rossum
“I started making a point earlier that women's cancer rates are skyrocketing, and we have some women movie stars, young women movie stars, who are smoking in many of their movies.” YoungStarsRateCancerSmokingYoung WomenMovie Star Author:Joe Eszterhas
“There are some young women movie stars who are doing it everywhere, smoking in every movie, sometimes even with placements with a pack of cigarettes.” SometimesYoungStarsSmokingCigarettePacksYoung WomenMovie StarPlacement Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Same reason why young women on juries are not a good idea, they don't get it. They're not in that same life experience of paying the bills, doing the mortgage, kids, community, crime, education and health care. They're like healthy and hot and running around without a care in the world... I just think, excuse them, so they can go back on Tinder and Match.com.” ThinkingWorldIdeasReasonCareRunningKidsYoungCommunityCrimeHealthyHotBillsExcuseHealth CareReason WhyGood IdeasLife ExperienceYoung WomenJuryMortgageTinder Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“We have to nurture our young women and understand the beauty and the strength of being a woman. It's kind of a catch-22: Strength in women isn't appreciated, and vulnerability in women isn't appreciated. It's like, 'What the hell do you do?' What you do is you don't allow anyone to dictate who you are.” KindYoungHellWho You AreVulnerabilityYoung WomenNurtureAppreciatedBeing A WomanWomen Strength Author:Jada Pinkett Smith
“Constance L. Rice, co-director of the Los Angeles of the Advancement Project, told the Times that Seltzer might have been influenced by David Simon's fake ghetto series, "The Wire." It figures. Isn't this sexism? Isn't this a double standard? They're hard on this young woman for her fake ghetto book, yet praise these White guys for theirs. So there's a big market in downing Black men.” MenHas BeensBookHardBigsMightYoungGuyBlackWhiteFiguresDirectorsProjectsStandardsPraiseSeriesFakeLos AngelesSexismYoung WomenMight Have BeenWireAdvancementRiceGhettoDouble StandardWhite GuysDowning Author:Ishmael Reed
“I feel a lot of sympathy for the young women I've written about, including Younger Janice. I think that all of them (me in Girlbomb, Samantha in Have You Found Her, and Elizabeth in I, Liar) had some early family trauma that contributed to their dysfunctional methods of dealing with the world, but I wouldn't call them/myself victims - survivors, maybe, but not victims. Nor do I think of them/myself as con artists.” ThinkingWorldFeelsYoungArtistFoundWrittenMethodVictimIncludingTraumaLiarsSurvivorYoung WomenCon ArtistSamantha Author:Janice Erlbaum
“What is most heartbreaking to me is the young women who don't report [being raped] because they were drinking, and they feel like it was their fault that they were drinking. I mean, that is so common.” FeelsMeanYoungCommonFaultsDrinkingReportsYoung WomenHeartbreakingMost Heartbreaking Author:Claire McCaskill
“The goal is not to just have rapists expelled from schools. I don't want rapists transferring schools. I don't want them out there, being able to commit these crimes. I want them to go to prison. But if you understand this crime and you understand what happens in the reporting of this crime and the support that a victim does or does not get, you realize that our legislation increases the likelihood that a young woman will go to the police in a timely manner and that the police will investigate and that they will be able to administer real justice in the criminal system.” IfsWantDoeRealHappensAbleSchoolYoungGoalRealizingJusticeSupportCrimeIncreasePoliceVictimPrisonCriminalsCommitYoung WomenLegislationLikelihoodTimely Author:Claire McCaskill
“I was lucky in that I had a mother that was full of this colloquial wisdom and she used to say to me 'You know, failure is not the opposite of success, it's the stepping stone to success. There is nobody who has not failed along the way.' So I think its very important for young women, especially as they are starting in life, to recognize that because otherwise, they only see people's success. So, when I speak, I speak of my failures.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayImportantYoungUsedMotherSpeakLuckyStonesOppositesStartingYoung WomenStepping Stones Author:Arianna Huffington
“An Internet rumor claims that John Kerry had an affair with a young woman. When asked if this was similar to the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, a spokesman said 'Close, but no cigar.'” IfsSaidYoungInternetClaimsClintonAffairYoung WomenScandalRumorCigarJohn Kerry Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The one glaring issue I have with the modeling industry and the fashion industry is that there is no union for young women and when I went into acting, the way young kids are protected, there must be a mandatory union or regulation, it just has to be done.” WayDoneKidsYoungActingIssuesFashionIndustryUnionsRegulationProtectedYoung WomenModelingFashion IndustryModeling Industry Author:Jaime King
“Sometimes you believe that you are targeting a 25-35-year-old young woman and you see that there is a crowd of 78-year-old people who are coming to buy some underwear, so it's not exactly the same kind of underwear that you have to sell.” PeopleYearsBelieveKindSometimesYoungSellsCrowdsYoung WomenOld PeopleUnderwear Author:Maurice Levy
“Young women who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking face an incredible climb as they try and exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential.” TryingFacesYoungSexIndustryIncrediblesClimbsExploitationYoung WomenExitFull PotentialTrafficking Author:Stephanie Ellis
“What I would say to young women is: Pay attention to the real. Pay attention to what you're really thirsting for. What do you really want? And I think that's much harder to decipher in a culture that has no interest in it. What interests me is, are we going to wake in time? Are human beings going to wake up to ourselves, to the incredible poverty that's on this planet, to what we're doing to the earth, to what we're doing to women, to what we're doing to boys? That's what's important.” ThinkingWantHumansImportantRealEarthYoungCultureInterestHuman BeingsPayAttentionBoysPovertyPlanetsHarderWake UpIncrediblesPay AttentionYoung WomenWhat's ImportantDecipher Author:Eve Ensler
“Ultimately, it's a really brave thing to do what makes you happy as opposed to what the norm, or the social norm is, and that's a very important thing for people to remember, especially young women.” PeopleImportantRememberYoungSocialImportant ThingsBraveThings To DoYoung WomenNormMake You HappySocial Norms Author:Mia Wasikowska