Gender is a key marker of power and powerlessness. Most of the structures of how our world works are biased in terms of men. Mary Beard More Quotes by Mary Beard More Quotes From Mary Beard The thing about being a university teacher is that you're fairly tolerant about young people saying things they shouldn't have said. Mary Beard sayingyouteacherpeople What is the role of an academic - no matter what they're teaching - within political debate? It has to be that they make issues more complicated. The role of the academic is to make everything less simple. Mary Beard debatepoliticalsimplematter Whatever you say about popular culture, people like people who know things, who are experts, and it doesn't particularly matter what they look like. Mary Beard lookyouculturepeople I have always thought the women's movement traded too much on outrage and not enough on ridicule. Mary Beard thoughtwomentoo-muchenough I don't want to see a world in which women can communicate on Twitter, but their actual voices are not heard. Mary Beard seewomenwantworld A lot of sexism is just very silly... and the best response is laughter and ridicule. Mary Beard bestjustlaughtersilly If talking about arts means being pretentious, a bit like being a wine critic, then I don't feel comfy with that. You can get a lot from paintings without getting mystical about brush strokes. Mary Beard feelyouwinetalking English country towns are often seen as a cultural wasteland, but the more cut off you are, the more the need to create things, to make your own culture. Mary Beard youryoucountryculture When I am making a TV show, I am looking for engagement, not admiration. Mary Beard showi-amlookingadmiration It would have been nice if the people who were criticising 'Civilizations' had actually watched it. But the popular response has been tremendous, and in the end, that's what really matters. Mary Beard mattersendnicepeople
