#feminism

Women deserve better than organizations bearing the names of racist rapists funding million dollar campaigns on subway trains. These wealthy middle aged white men tell us what to do with our bodies while they wage wars and kill other people's babies. ↗

— Sonya Renee Taylor

#men #politics #rapists #rights #war

The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#love #self-love #women-s-strength #love

Women hold all the power. They should use it like a whip, not offer it up like a sacrifice. ↗

— Tarryn Fisher

#feminism #love

I am about tribal feminine power. As a leader, I may stumble but my essence lives to the future-- of my people, of my literature, of my art. And when a tribesman turn against its leader, that tribe will become two. It may faulter my course, but it will not stifle my ending. I rule only among my believers. ↗

— Kristie LeVangie

#belief #essence #faith #family #feminine

Making women the sexual gatekeepers and telling men they just can't help themselves not only drives home the point that women's sexuality is unnatural, but also sets up a disturbing dynamic in which women are expected to be responsible for men's sexual behavior. ↗

— Jessica Valenti

#sex #sexism #sexuality #women #men

There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

#men

Men who shared the load at home seemed just as pressed for time as their wives, and torn between the demands of career and small children...But the majority of men did not share the load at home. Some refused outright. Others refused more passively, often offering a loving shoulder to lean on, an understanding ear as their working wife faced the conflict they both saw as hers. ↗

— Arlie Hochschild

#love

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work ... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work. ↗

— Barbara Streisand

#men #women #work #men

Humankind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible for humankind to grow by the improvement of only one part while the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains that the other half can soar into skies? ↗

— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

#women-s-rights #men

I have a rule of thumb that allows me to judge, when times is pressing and one needs to make a snap judgment, whether or not some sexist bullshit is afoot. Obviously, it’s not 100% infallible but by and large it definitely points you in the right direction and it's asking this question; are the men doing it? Are the men worrying about this as well? Is this taking up the men’s time? Are the men told not to do this, as it's letting the side down? Are the men having to write bloody books about this exasperating retarded, time-wasting, bullshit? Is this making Jeremy Clarkson feel insecure? Almost always the answer is no. The boys are not being told they have to be a certain way, they are just getting on with stuff. ↗

— Caitlin Moran

#jeremy-clarckson #misogyny #patriarchy #sexism #men