Quotes About Representation

I loved seeing a lead female character who isn't perfect and isn't demonized for it.

Even in stories that I like, with a female character that I love deeply, it always feels like there's something that she has to prove to the male characters before she can even get started.

I like female characters that are strong in their own right and not because the author said so.

I like my male characters as much my female characters, but I always seem to have less for them to say.

I've always had difficulties with female characters.

There's no need for a female character that does things like a male character; that's not what makes interesting female characters in my view.

It's nice to see more of those meaty female characters emerging because so often in the industry, it's always about the males.

All too often, female characters, in particular, aren't multi-layered enough.

I love the female characters in 'She-Ra.' There isn't another show quite like it.

A lot of animated movies in the past have sort of relied on these archaic tropes on what the female characters in those movies can be and who they are.

I love strong female characters.

I like shows where the female characters are as funny as the male characters, not just commenting on how funny the male characters are.

In music today, people are against females. We don't have that empowerment anymore. We don't have that voice.

There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.

Females want other females to be really strong, so there are a whole lot of scripts that are basically just male parts renamed as a girl.

Time's up on cheesy, lesser, boring roles for females in the stories that we try to tell.

Ultimately, a women's only championship is not going to get more females into motorsport as a whole.

I think as females, we always want to have more air time, more room time, more - longer matches and more main events. But, at the end of the day, we're going in that direction, and I'm happy with that, and I'm happy with the side everyone has taken in women's wrestling.

I just hope we do start to see more females coaching teams like you see across American sports.

One thing Middle-earth is short on is the feminine.

Feminism in some ways has become quite dormant.

When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.

You can't market or commercialize feminism as an entity. One has to be careful. I aim to be about powerful women in my clothing.

You could call me a 'card-carrying feminist,' if there were a card to carry.