Power posing! I do it before any appearance and recommend it to everyone. Gold! Sally Kohn More Quotes by Sally Kohn More Quotes From Sally Kohn I'm a woman and a lesbian and a feminist and a Jew and so many other things, and those identities are a source of pride and strength for me. Sally Kohn feminist pride identity Since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more Americans than Islamic extremists. Sally Kohn abortion islamic wings Our challenge is to find the compassion for others that we want them to have for us. Sally Kohn compassion challenges want Women are more than half of our globe, more than half of our promise and potential. And we have been not only underusing that resource but suppressing it. Sally Kohn resources half promise I have never, not once, gone on television and not received some email or tweet or comment about my hair. Without fail. Isn't that absurd? All it does is make me want to shape my bangs into a sort of middle finger-like sculpture. Sally Kohn email bangs hair The fire in the bellies of the good people who work for a more fair and just world for all of us - that spark never fails to inspire me and warm my heart. Sally Kohn fire heart people But perhaps the next step isn't to, once again, expand the otherwise narrow definition of marriage but to altogether abolish the false distinction between married families and other equally valid but unrecognized partnerships. Sally Kohn marriage-equality next-steps definitions What haven't I been called? Every antigay, misogynist, anti-Semitic, anti-liberal smear you can think of. I don't think I can transform those smears; I can't even repeat them! But I proudly embrace the identities beneath them. Sally Kohn anti-liberal identity thinking I'm so moved when I see everyday Americans standing together, against all odds, to make their lives and communities better - whether it's organizing against big factories polluting their air or against big banks corrupting our economy and political system. Sally Kohn community odds air We are worse off - all of us, including men and boys - if our society is not developing and empowering 100% of the resources of humanity, including women and girls. Sally Kohn girl men boys I think racial justice - and addressing the sick and enduring legacy of structural racism - remains one of the greatest challenges of our time, and one that's particularly important for more and more white people to speak up about. Sally Kohn sick white thinking
