Quotes About Feminism

I attended the Women's March on Washington with a group of artists, curators, and art-world professionals.

I started modeling when I was - not older, but not 12. I have a mom who's a feminist - she's an English professor, an intellectual. She really gave me the equipment to understand that you can celebrate yourself without putting yourself down or needing to apologize for the way you look. I think that attitude is really crucial for a model.

It would be hypocritical of me to use being female in some ways, and diss being female in other ways. It's part of the programme.

I have been watching male programming all my life. And I'm completely interested in it. Like, I love 'Breaking Bad' and I like 'Game of Thrones.'

Watching the progression and backlash against feminism even since 1970 will give you a serious case of whiplash.

'Outlander' is progressive in the way it looks at women.

If you're a progressive, you really should be a feminist because it's about equality, it's about respect, it's about making the best of the world that we have.

On 'Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce,' we have a mandate to hire as many women as possible, but particularly on a show that is about women and about progressive issues like that.

Ambition alone cannot define a progressive female character.

Sometimes, being a feminist artist, there are times where I'm in a position where I just want to feel like I'm saying all the right things politically, or I feel like I have to mention my own project over other people's projects. But I don't do that anymore. I just want to be off the cuff and honest.

Of course, I'm all for women getting to play prominent parts.

Only the likes of Piers Morgan would be opposed to a Miss America contest that promises to be more 'empowering' and 'inclusive.'

I defend a woman's right to cover her hair if she chooses, but the face is central to human interaction, and so the ideologues who promote its covering are simply misogynists.

The definition of being a feminist is equality, and if you're not a feminist at this point, then what are you really promoting?

The reason I choose not to speak about my husband is because the press is prone to erase the individual identities of women who work in the industry. I don't want that to happen to me.

I would never want to be treated as a prop, to be looked on as an object just because of my gender.

I want the kind of feminism that allows me to have a voice and to compete on equal terms with men yet still, potentially, to have one of them hurl me over their shoulder and carry me off somewhere, because I still find proper, old-fashioned masculinity deeply attractive.

It's not just about casting female protagonists. It's gotta be across the board throughout the industry.

Having a daughter has reawakened my sense of feminism. I want to protect her.

As long as I am president, the rights of women will be protected.

Women have to be protected more.

Preventing female infanticide is equally important in protection of women's rights.

The best guys are the ones who were born in the '60s. They are used to women being independent. They were brought up by mothers who were burning their bras and protesting.

Curvy is something to be proud of.