“Back in the day of women’s liberation, we felt that we could not claim success till all women were liberated from oppression. What we wanted was the end of patriarchal capitalism.”— Gail Dines, counterpunch.org
“So how do you make sure that those of us who are not starving, that those of us who have the riches the world has to offer, how do you make make sure that we don't march and say "It's not fair"? What you do is you create a material reality, ie capitalism, which is unfair and then you develop an ideo…”— Gail Dines, youtube.com
“What oppression does is destroy our capacity for empathy because otherwise we would all be up in arms enraged at the fact that there's people out there who are oppressed.”— Gail Dines, youtube.com
“You can not fight corporations individual to individual, you do it as a collective movement.”— Gail Dines, youtube.com
“If tomorrow women in the west woke up and decided they really like their bodies just think how many industries would go out of business - the cosmetic industry, the clothing industry, the diet industry, the gym industry - and then think of all the allied industries that support those industries. So…”— Gail Dines, youtube.com
“Imagine if you had never in your life ever seen an image of a woman in a magazine. Imagine how differently you would feel about your body. My assumption is you would feel very different. So think about what has been ripped away from us now this is what surrounds us, this image of a body that none of…”— Gail Dines, youtube.com
“Let's be honest, when we put down Cosmopolitan or Vogue or Vanity Fair, how do we feel? Like (do we) feel 'Oh I feel really slim and toned today. I feel really good about myself.'? How do you really feel? Like a fat pig would that be about right? That's crucial because the more women hate themselves…”— Gail Dines, youtube.com
“Humans are a communal species that have banded together and cared for their sick, disabled, and elderly since before we were ever modern man. Resources were shared even as skills specialized. Capitalism isn’t natural. A community should not have members dying of starvation or exposure while there is…”— fandomsandfeminism, fandomsandfeminism.tumblr.com
“Allah does not bless usury, and He causes charitable deeds to prosper, and Allah does not love any ungrateful sinner.”— 02:276 (Surah al-Baqarah), amazon.com
“The world is increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-aging moisturizer? You make someone worry about aging. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them wo…”— Matt Haig, amazon.com
“The whole event has been corrupted, as are so many traditions, by the intrusion of commerce into the equation. It is not a tribute to love, it is more akin to a tax.”— Tim Lott, theguardian.com
“The biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don’t see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. But if you’re surrounded by people who say ‘I want mine now,’ you end up with a few people with everything and a…”— Morrie Schwartz, amazon.com
“These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works.”— Morrie Schwartz, amazon.com
“Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that’s what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. More is good. More is good. We repeat it–and have it repeated to us–over and over until nob…”— Morrie Schwartz, amazon.com
“When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.”— Morrie Schwartz, amazon.com
“Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.”— Morrie Schwartz, amazon.com
“There’s not enough work to go around, and what there is of it won’t pay the bills – unless of course you’ve landed a job as a drug dealer or a Wall Street banker, becoming a gangster either way.”— James Livingston, aeon.co
“Since there are now more people with a telephone than access to clean water in sub-Saharan Africa, this will shortly mean nearly everyone on our increasingly crowded planet will not be able to escape the inequality.”— Stephen Hawking, theguardian.com