#feminist

Female Chauvinist Pigs don't bother to question the criteria on which women are judged, they are too busy judging other women themselves ↗

— Ariel Levy

#business

Lady Placida smiled. “History seldom takes note of serendipity when it records events. And from what I have heard, I suspect an argument could be made that you very much did earn the title.” “Many women have earned titles, Your Grace. It doesn't seem to have been a factor in whether or not they actually received them.” Lady Placida laughed. “True enough. But perhaps that is beginning to change.” She offered her hands. “It is a distinct pleasure to meet you, Steadholder. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#history #sff #wit #change

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman? ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#feminist #gandhi #inspirational #courage

We must raise both the ceiling and the floor. ↗

— Sheryl Sandberg

#gender-equality #equality

Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life. ↗

— Erica Jong

#sex #women #business

Responsible parenting is NOT a crime. Responsible parenting is most valuable tool of our society. ↗

— Mick Karabegovic

#abuse-of-public-authority #crime-against-family #crime-against-fathers #family #family-law

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#assumed #because #black #children #feminist

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. ↗

— Rebecca West

#been #call #differentiate #doormat #express

He - and if there is a God, I am convinced he is a he, because no woman could or would ever fuck things up this badly. ↗

— George Carlin

#feminism #feminist #george-carlin #god #men-and-women

As a Christian, my highest calling is not motherhood; my highest calling is to follow Christ. ↗

— Rachel Held Evans

#christianity #feminist #spirituality #womanhood #motherhood