Quotes by Feminism The modern woman is the curse of the universe. A disaster, that's what. She thinks that before her arrival on the scene no woman ever did anything worthwhile before, no woman was ever liberated until her time, no woman really ever amounted to anything. Adela Rogers St. Johns modern-woman feminism thinking I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it's been a struggle. Agnes Varda feminism speak struggle A belief in feminism is a belief in personal freedom - the freedom to live a life free of fear of violence, to select a fulfilling career and be compensated fairly, to choose when to start a family, to marry whom you love. I want everyone, regardless of gender, to live a life free of restriction or fear, able to pursue their own personal brand of happiness and fulfillment. Aisha Tyler feminism careers want Feminism without femininity is a sham. Alice von Hildebrand femininity feminism The subject of feminism cannot be purely a fiction, as some postmodern writers suggest, produced by the discourses of power. Alison Assiter discourse feminism fiction I’m glad mainstream culture is starting to catch up to where lesbian-feminism was 30 years ago. Alison Bechdel mainstream-culture feminism years She watched the first episode and she was like, 'This is feminism?' And then by the end of the season, she was like, 'This is feminism.' The tone changed completely. She was really psyched about it. Allison Williams feminism empowering inspirational I think you can't have this discussion and you can't have a discussion about feminism and the consciousness of the world without having a discussion about what has happened to men lately. They're holding the other side of the bag. Amanda Palmer feminism men thinking There was a dance that everyone was doing that was heavily skewed with the power in one direction, but the dance was basically working, and then the dance got really disrupted with the first wave of feminism, and nobody found their footing yet - not the guys, not the women. Amanda Palmer one-direction feminism guy Yes, there's something dangerous about turning people into token social activists. I was thinking about this recently with our pop-culture feminism, when feminism is such a buzzword in the media now. We're covering it in a way that we haven't before, but also in a way that's way more surface level. And while I think that there's some danger in that, I also think it's a great gateway for some people. Amandla Stenberg feminism people thinking Feminism? The word itself means exactly the same thing to me as the word God does - it's a spirituality that is deeply personal, deeply subjective, and deeply no one else's business. You can identify the word however you want, it's just the non-exploration of it that is unacceptable to me. Amber Tamblyn feminism doe mean Women have to do all of the catching up. So we are disengaged and overburdened. Sounds like it is time we ditch the complacent fluoride-in-the-tap-water feminism and get reenergized and reinspired. Amy Richards feminism sound water Capitalism is a system that's ultimately predicated on and depends on some form of inequality. Feminism has always intersected with capitalism in terms of women's labor and gendered divisions of labor. Andi Zeisler feminism inequality term The media is such a huge piece of how we understand feminism, particularly celebrity feminism, and I really do think that so much of how that stuff gets filtered through can be either finessed or really stymied by how media talks about it. Andi Zeisler feminism thinking Feminism requires precisely what patriarchy destroys in women: unimpeachable bravery in confronting male power Andrea Dworkin feminism males bravery The universal religion - contempt for women. Andrea Dworkin contempt feminism universal Feminism exists so that no woman ever has to face her abuser in isolation, alone. Andrea Dworkin feminism isolation faces I love all those great 'f' words - feminism, folk music. Ani DiFranco folk-music feminism folks Feminism is not only for women It's something everyone can participate in, and evolve together, as the first step in the right direction. I see feminism as a tool to achieve that balance and peace. Ani DiFranco feminism balance together There are so many things that we have to be very concerned about. But I always come back to feminism. Ani DiFranco feminism concerned 1234567891011»