#feminist

Weakness' is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#men #weakness #men

One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#feminist #goals #idea #men #obsolete

The liberal feminist movement never imagined that women would take seriously the encouragement to become our own heroes and claim life for ourselves, on our terms, no matter who we are. Pro-choice and pro-life, Christian and not, poor and rich, black, white, gay and straight. It is a dream we all hold dear, and it's called the Tea Party. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#black #called #christian #claim #dear

Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair. ↗

— Paula Cole

#had #hair #i #psyched #were

Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care; that's what poetry is supposed to do. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#care #fact #feminists #i #in fact

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender. ↗

— Alice Walker

#purple

I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish. ↗

— Alice Walker

#comes #correctly #culture #describe #does

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#feminists #history #i #i think #role

Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#instead #ladies #like #men #say

Almost everyone first realized they were becoming a grown woman when some dude did something nasty to them. ...It was mostly men yelling shit from cars. Are they a patrol sent out to let girls know they've crossed into puberty? If so, it's working. ↗

— Tina Fey

#feminist #puberty #age