Quotes About Feminism

When you say 'revolution' when you have only men outside, you know that something is going wrong. I'm not like a hardcore feminist, but I think that one of the things that makes the society advanced is equality between men and women. If half of the society is oppressed by the other half, it's not fine.

How clear can I put this? I am not denying female oppression; I am trying to stop it by calling for a more fluid masculinity.

Russia isn't only oppressive toward gay people, it is hard on everyone, particularly women.

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.

My mother was in the kind of late-'60s, early-'70s origins of female emancipation. And she was very much like, 'You're not going to be defined by how you look. It's going to be about who you are and what you do.'

My mom was an orphan, and there was never anybody to tell her what she could or couldn't do. At the core, she's probably an artist - an artist and a feminist.

I'd love to see a woman host the Oscars.

One of the achievements of our generation of feminists was to emancipate women from the division between being interested in clothes and appearance, and being serious and ambitious. I am of the first generation that could go to Biba, wear miniskirts and get a degree.

Everything is harder for a woman in every kind of aspect and that's why we try to empower women with our music, our image and everything we stand for.

I was guilty of appropriating when I did a video called 'Hard Out Here.' I was guilty of assuming that there was a one-size-fits-all where feminism is concerned.

Feminists have confused opportunity with outcome.

One of the things I liked so much about the women artists I saw in Nashville was that they were appreciated for their music and their talent, not because they were wearing skimpy outfits and showing a lot of skin.

I don't like the word feminist. I don't think women trying to be men is feminism. I also don't believe in being outspoken for the sake of it, or just to prove a point.

I've always been attracted to independent, outspoken women.

We were quickly labeled as an outspoken feminist band, which I'm totally fine with.

Beyonce is very outspoken on feminist issues. So I think that's good. That could be brought to the forefront more.

We have to overcome the practice of male domination - even though it's changing, and changing in Liberia quite drastically.

When I see someone deride things that women and girls find pleasure in, all I see is someone fearful that women will overtake the culture they've had dominion over for so long.

Feminism is just an overused term and people make too much noise about it for no reason.

When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film.

You say that you fight for all womens rights but half of the babies aborted are women.

Just because we are wearing lipstick doesn't mean we can't kick your ass!

Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.

It's a depressingly masculine world we live in, Dolores.