Quotes About Feminism

I'm sure a few marriages broke up because of feminism; it doesn't make feminism a cult.

I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.

'I hate discussions of feminism that end up with who does the dishes,' she said. So do I. But at the end, there are always the damned dishes.

We all live in a time where we're supposed to have choices and how do we wrangle that and how do we make the best choices for ourselves and our families. It has nothing to do with feminism.

Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down.

Feminism rotates between backlash and interest. And the cool thing about the Internet is that it's allowing women more access to their own history. Part of the problem before the Internet was that we didn't know which books to read. Someone had to tell you.

I blame feminism and Facebook for the death of the American automobile. I'm a Republican, so I blame everything on feminism - or commies.

While women were powerfully liberated both externally as well as internally by the feminism of the 1970s, we made some serious mistakes as well.

Feminism in some ways has become quite dormant.

There's been the same kind of demonizing of the word 'feminism' as words like 'liberal,' 'affirmative action,' and so on.

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.

Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well.

In truth, I don't care about making feminism more accessible to anyone.

When 1970s feminism hit the United States, women demanded the right to natural childbirth and to have their husband or another support person in the delivery room. My mother gave birth to me during this time.

I'm from the South; there's been such progress since I was young, with racism, with feminism. The environment is next.

What's happening with feminism in general is I think that, as a woman, you're not limited to being one thing or the other. You can be feminine and sexy and beautiful and hot and funny.

I often feel failed by feminism.

I've written about women's lives, and I just want to write about them from being a woman. I don't need feminism on top of that when I'm writing.

My feminism is just part of my being - a part of my understanding of the world.

I really admire Ana Mendieta. She was a Cuban American artist who died the year I was born and whose work examines violence, feminism, and belonging. Her art is always brave and visually arresting and vibrates with meaning.

When you talk about feminism, you're talking about the rights of all women and their families to live in dignity, peace, and security. It's about giving women access to health care and other basic rights.

To me, feminism is believing in women's equality, and I ardently ascribe to that belief.

Feminism will never reach the next stage until women stop competing with each other on the level of looks.