Quotes About Herstory

Porque hay una historia que no está en la historia y que solo se puede rescatar aguzando el oído y escuchando los susurros de las mujeres.

I believe there's no such thing as history; there's only historians, and in English, we've got this word 'his'tory, but what about her story? So that, in the end, the history of the world would be a history of every single one of its members, but of course, you could never get to grips with that.

the assumption that the herstory and myth of white women is the legitimate and sole herstory and myth of all women to call upon for power and background, and that nonwhite women and our herstories are noteworthy only as decorations, or examples of female victimization.

A babble of words that no one understands now fills the airwaves, and language loses all meaning as we sink slowly, mindlessly, into herstory rather than history because most rapists are men, aren't they?

I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story.

If feminism is in the water I drink, my mom's herstory is the dry land that pushes me to swallow.

History is herstory too.

I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story.