“Clarice defeats Bill, who crumples to the ground, curled into a shaking form clearly meant to convey (an ableist vision of) monstrousness. And Clarice rescues femininity from the darkest depths of male violence: the lair of a trans woman.”— Jos Truitt, feministing.com
“If people who aren’t trans women want to advance a version of feminism that values trans women and prioritizes our struggles, they must reckon with the real harm that has been done to us in feminism’s name.”— Jos Truitt, feministing.com
“Trans women’s very existence (was seen as) an act of sexual violence against cis women, which supported the transmisogynistic feminist argument that trans women were violent men invading women’s spaces. These ideas were used by feminists to successfully exclude trans women from accessing women’s she…”— Jos Truitt, feministing.com
“I'm over trying to find the 'adorable' way to state my opinion and still be likable.”— Jennifer Lawrence, lennyletter.com
“Glass doesn’t need to be shattered. It can also be burned.”— Ella Dawson, ellacydawson.wordpress.com
“We need to understand that there is no formula for how women should lead their lives. that is why we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family. Every woman deserves the chance to realize her God-given potential.”— Hillary Clinton, amazon.com
“Yes, there are still ceilings to break for women and men for all of us. But don’t let anyone tell you that great things can’t happen in America. Barriers can come down. Justice and equality can win.”— Hillary Clinton, abcnews.go.com
“Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights.”— Hillary Clinton, en.wikipedia.org
“Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware of, but that's just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history—empowering women to be able t…”— Hillary Clinton, abcnews.go.com
“If you want my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I am not going to be channeling my husband.”— Hillary Clinton, abcnews.go.com
“It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children's and grandchildren's fates, are decided.”— Hillary Clinton, elle.com
“I’m sure if a woman were a godly person, I could be proud of that. But I would never be proud of Hillary. Unless she totally recanted, repented — and frankly, if she did that, she would reveal what’s she’s done, and she’d be in prison. She has a very dark side. I think Trump put it in good words, I…”— Debbie Eberly, nymag.com
“We’ve taken quite a bit of time to pray for him. We believe that Trump has made some recent changes, growing stronger in his own Christian beliefs and putting Christian people around him.”— Debbie Eberly, nymag.com
“I didn’t have a problem with the Birther issue. Frankly, I was proud that he did that.”— Debbie Eberly, nymag.com
“I am a total pro-life person. Trump is not as well informed or well educated as he should be on the issue, but I have a feeling that he will have advisers that will help him so that he understands it better.”— Barbara Nicholson, nymag.com
“It’s really ironic that someone as rich as him reaches out to the working class, but he does. You can look at a lot of people born into money who blew it away on drugs and partying, but he turned it into an empire. The working class relates to that.”— Nicole Martin, nymag.com
“What are we going to do about all this brutality upon law enforcement that is going on?”— Merchon Andersen, nymag.com
“We have become so wussified. Pretty soon, saying hello to someone is going to be considered harassment.”— Merchon Andersen, nymag.com