#omen

Right. I look fine. Except I don't,' said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's nightshirt. This was why Kiki had dreaded having girls: she knew she wouldn't be able to protect them from self-disgust. To that end she had tried banning television in the early years, and never had a lipstick or a woman's magazine crossed the threshold of the Belsey home to Kiki's knowledge, but these and other precautionary measures had made no difference. It was in the air, or so it seemed to Kiki, this hatred of women and their bodies-- it seeped in with every draught in the house; people brought it home on their shoes, they breathed it in off their newspapers. There was no way to control it. ↗

— Zadie Smith

#body-image #feminism #women #beauty

The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto. ↗

— Bono

#ghetto #great #great moments #moments #music

Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#around #even #female #had #i

When you get married you forget about kissing other women. ↗

— Pat Boone

#forget #get #get married #kissing #married

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#finds #life #made #man #moment

Nevertheless, the number of farmers, small as well as large, who are adopting the new seeds and new technology is increasing very rapidly, and the increase in numbers during the past three years has been phenomenal. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#been #during #farmers #increase #increasing

Astaire never thought of what he was doing as balletic, but Kelly was always trying to dance with women on points. And his choreography is so showy and flashy. He always looks self-satisfied to me. ↗

— Matthew Bourne

#astaire #choreography #dance #doing #flashy

It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#arabia #best #fully #includes #interest

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#basic #basic rights #denial #development #economic

Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate... We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman's right to choose. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#democratic #economic #economic prosperity #education #hearing