“...the rise of the single woman is an exciting turn of historical events because it entails a complete rethinking of who women are and what family is and who holds dominion within it — and outside it.”— Rebecca Traister, nymag.com
“Every rose has it's thorn, but that doesn't mean you have to put up with a ton of pricks.”— Kelly Rossi, amazon.com
“Men have often given their female offspring more opportunities than their female partners, perhaps seeing their children as extensions of themselves. Even today, many men find themselves newly appalled at sexism after having a girl, a reaction apparently not stoked by being born of a woman, married…”— Jill Filipovic, Jill Filipovic, nytimes.com
“There is a difference between an artist who actually employs women to further her feminist message and one who seems to expect them to surround her as though bounce boards there simply to magnify her own limelight.”— Amy Odell, cosmopolitan.com
“Giving flowers is always a good idea. But I hope that on this Mother’s Day, we’ll recommit ourselves to doing more than that: Through deeds that match our words, let’s give mothers the respect they deserve, give all women the equality they deserve, and give all parents the support they need in their…”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov
“Swift had been nice to Minaj, so Minaj could not criticize her. It was a statement about control. Minaj was out of control and Swift had to pull her back in. For some reason, Minaj had to walk on eggshells, so as not to anger Swift. Remember [Taylor’s] rule of friendship #1? ‘You have to like me.’ B…”— Amy Stockwell, mamamia.com.au
“No woman wants an abortion like she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion like an animal caught in a trap wants to gnaw off its own leg.”— Anonymous, sandrawright.com.au
“I get so annoyed when I hear "cool" young women say 'I'm not a feminist.' I mean, do they know what battles were fought? Every freedom we have today, we have because of feminists.”— Arundhati Roy, huffingtonpost.in
“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely.”— Simone de Beauvoir, pinterest.com
“A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.”— Rhonda Hansome, twitter.com
“People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me.”— Princess Diana, pinterest.com
“Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.”— Margaret Sanger, bartleby.com
“It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.”— Warsan Shire, twitter.com
“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.”— Roseanne Barr, books.google.com
“Some people take a scalpel to the heart of media culture; Sady Doyle brings a bone saw, a melon baller, and a machete. Trainwreck is a blistering indictment of how history has normalized sexism as entertainment, defining—and destroying—the women we claim to love.”— Andi Zeisler, amazon.com
“Why can’t I sit with my legs spread? What’s so shameful about what I keep between them?”— Mia Morgan, fawnbabe.tumblr.com
“My female identity has been shaped by a biased, hypocritical excuse based on ridiculous gender roles: ‘It’s just how it is.’ All my life, I have asked them why, and all they said was ‘It’s just how it is.’ And it didn’t matter whether I’ve asked men or women.”— Mia Morgan, fawnbabe.tumblr.com