Quotes tagged ‘feminism’

“It's women's lib. They're taking over the Teamsters.”

— Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, James Bond, Roger Moore, imdb.com

“It’s a defensive ideological stance that both the left and right can embrace. It’s an act of solidarity with women. Yet, it obviously does imply a certain gender loyalty.”

— Zaron Burnett III, melmagazine.com

“Hi, I’m a slut. What? You can’t be surprised when you spent my entire life deciding woman equals sexualized.”

— Savannah Brown, youtube.com

“You are damn right my body is a temple, I am the god it was built for. I am the landlord and I can let whoever I want live inside it.”

— Savannah Brown, youtube.com

“We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.”

— Katherine Johnson, brainyquote.com

“Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.”

— Katherine Johnson, brainyquote.com

“there will be nothing for them to rule if we turn this kingdom upside down. - demolition.”

— Amanda Lovelace, instagram.com

“it’s such a shame that you will finally have to learn that there are consequences to treating women like they’re nothing.”

— Amanda Lovelace, instagram.com

“women don’t endure simply because we can; no, women endure because we aren’t given any other choice. - they wanted us weak but forced us to be strong.”

— Amanda Lovelace, instagram.com

“for the boy who lived. thank you for inspiring me to be the girl who survived. you may have a lightning bolt to show for it, but my body is a lightning storm.”

— Amanda Lovelace, instagram.com

“Sabrina: I want freedom and power. Prudence: He will never give you that. The Dark Lord. The thought of you, of any of us, having both terrifies him. Sabrina: Why is that? Prudence: He’s a man, isn’t he?”

— Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Lee Toland Krieger, Rob Seidenglanz, Sabrina Spellman, Kiernan Shipka, imdb.com

“Sam Carter: I'm an Air Force officer just like you are, Colonel. And just because my reproductive organs are on the inside instead of the outside doesn't mean I can't handle whatever you can handle. Jack O'Neill: Oh, this has nothing to do with you being a woman. I like women. I've just got a little…”

— Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner, Samantha Carter, Amanda Tapping, imdb.com

“Kristie Alley: I want my own television show. Is it so much to ask if I want my own television show again, since that's what I do for a living? Sam Rascal: The reality is if you wanna get your own show, you're gonna have to lose some weight. Kirstie Alley: Well, why can't I just get a show first and…”

— Brenda Hampton, Kirstie Alley, Kirstie Alley, imdb.com

“In my opinion, I think the biggest threat to men in America is our inability to be emotionally intimate with each other; to reach out when we need help or when we are suffering and know that we won’t be made fun of, or judged for being 'weak,' or Alpha enough.”

— Justin Baldoni, Leah Fessler, qz.com

“The more milk you give, the more milk you make. The more love you give, the more love you have. And the same can be said of fire — when you light someone else’s torch with your own, you don’t lose your fire, you just make more light and more heat.”

— Natalie Portman, medium.com

“Sexual norms need to change, and not just by telling women to more forcibly combat unwanted advances.”

— Emily J. Smith, medium.com

“Since electing its first secretary-general in 1946, the UN has yet to see a woman lead the intergovernmental organization. The UN has had nine secretaries-general, including Kofi Annan and Boutros Boutros-Ghali.”

— Rachel Gillett, businessinsider.com

“Love me enough to hold yourself to a higher standard. Love yourself enough to become a better man.”

— Your Fat Friend, medium.com

“Do I wish for women to be this entitled, this free to subject total strangers to their whims? I do, or at least I wish for a critical mass of women to behave like this in public so we purge the cultural stereotype.”

— Hanna Rosin, thecut.com

“By imagining that they are threatened, men like Kavanaugh have found the motivation to demonstrate, at great cost to the rest of us, that they are still the ones that have the ability to threaten others.”

— Jia Tolentino, newyorker.com