Quotes About Feminism

To me, it wasn't 'Star Wars' that shaped me; it was more 'Mary Tyler Moore' and, nowadays, 'Louie' and 'Girls.'

There are tons of female 'Star Wars' fans, and they're just as fanatic about it as the boys.

After leaving college, I was in a show called Sculpture by Women where I was asked to talk about my history of victimisation in art, and I genuinely didn't think I had been victimised. Although I obviously believe in a lot of the feminist aspirations, I was wary about being dragged down by the politics of it.

To have or not to have kids, when to have them, and whether we working women can 'have it all' has been debated, discussed, and examined since the washing machine and the TV dinner began to free up many mothers to even consider leaving the home as a viable option.

Feminism means having a choice. And feminism doesn't care which choices you make, either. Just that you have them. The point has never been to establish some principled refusal to give yourself to another human being. The point is to make sure you can give yourself--or not give yourself--of your free will.

Women think in [Douglas] Sirk's films. Something which has never struck me with other directors. None of them. Usually women are always reacting, doing what women are supposed to do, but in Sirk they think. It's something that has to be seen. It's great to see women think. It gives one hope. Honestly.

I feel that women's voice, once it is heard, will activate and make audible the other small voices as well.

there is more to this hijab than the whole modesty thing. These girls are strangers to me but I know that we all felt an amazing connection, a sense that this cloth binds us in some kind of universal sisterhood.

Too many people look at it as though it (the hijab) has bizarre powers sewn into its microfibers. Powers that transform Muslim girls into UCOs (Unidentified Covered Objects), which turn Muslim girls from an 'us' to a 'them.

At an ERA fundraiser years ago, one of my favorite buttons was the one that said, 'Every mother is a working mother.'

When I went to college in the 1970s, the Women's Liberation movement was all the buzz.

The Cabinet led by KCR had no place for a single woman.

I personally think that women should have the choice to show as much skin as they're comfortable with, and it shouldn't negatively impact their careers.

There is nothing wrong with a woman encouraging a man's advances, as long as they are in cash.

I don't think I was a catalyst for the women's movement.

As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.

I totally agree with equal rights and women's causes, and most of my songs are woman-power, but I don't want to be labelled at 20 years old.

I love women. I love celebrating women.

The biggest battle that I have is being a woman in the world. That takes center stage for me.

I just think 'Broad City' - Comedy Central's answer to 'Girls' - is the best thing that's been put on television in years. It's amazing.

People should start appreciating films where women are at the centre.

Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

I like Marvel because characters look like me and women don't have roles that make them look too sexual.

I think there are a lot of men who feel they're being emasculated by having the woman be in charge; I've never had that problem.