Quotes About Feminism

I feel like so much of mainstream feminism springs from the second wave, which was essentially a discourse spearheaded by white, cisgender, upper middle class women. I feel - especially as I'm trying to negotiate this new female space with the feminism that's available to me - there are a lot of places where I'm disenfranchised.

For me, the banner that I want to wave in terms of giving a jump start to writers of any gender is just to make female protagonists as complex as their male counterparts.

Being a part of this whole female rap movement, wave, whatever you want to call it, is so cool. You've got so many of us. There's like, different skin tones, different aesthetics, different accents, just like, a whole different style.

There's a strong wave of songs by women. Even if the songs are collabs, women have the intro and the chorus, which is what people can sing. We're getting the credibility, the spaces in the award shows, and people want to hear our point of view.

I'm a little sad that they actually came up with the metaphor of waves for feminism. By definition, a wave goes in, and it comes out. I would really like it to be a tsunami that creates a flood that forever changes the landscape.

People find it difficult to call Lars' movies feminist. But they're humanist movies because they show a woman going through life and being in really awful situations and going through hell, especially in films like 'Dogville' or 'Breaking the Waves,' but they stand their ground and they stay who they are, and I think that's empowering for anyone.

I'm not a fan of plastic surgery. Oh, and I've never had a wax in my life. Waxing makes no sense to me because you have to grow it out to wax it.

There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.

Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy.

Rich cultures, patriarchal cultures, value thin women, like ours; poor ones value fat women. But all patriarchal cultures value weak women. So for women to become physically strong is very profound.

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with.

I keep getting asked how I write about such smart, strong women, and my response is, what's the alternative? Weak, stupid women? They're just normal people, not role models - if you're aspiring to be like any of them, something's a little bit wrong. You may want to dress like one or have her job, but do not aspire to be her!

I think women are strong, and they have never been weak.

I'm not a strong woman at all. And I'm not a feminist. In fact, I'm very weak.

I loved those movies from the eighties, movies like 'Working Girl,' 'Nine to Five,' 'Outrageous Fortune,' 'The Heat,' 'Bridesmaids,' 'Pitch Perfect,' and others.

Planned Parenthood doesn't care about women's health care needs; it cares about abortion.

'God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil.

I'm known for being annoyingly gender-focused. It's always been my platform.

My personal cause and platform, if you like, is women's rights and women's issues.

You're never going to please 100 percent of women.

I'm very pleased to be recognising International Women's Day, a day that celebrates the achievements of women across the world.

Women telling men to step out of roles so they can step into them isn't going to endear people to feminism. Neither is telling women they are betraying feminism by enjoying the pleasures of being a traditional housewife.