“Some of the worst treatment I got was from women, and we’re not going to get anywhere if we keep holding each other back.”— Courtney Stodden, thedailybeast.com
“Untangling the lessons of girlhood from the cultural works that teach them to us is impossible; they are often our most committed teachers.”— Sophie Gilbert, theatlantic.com
“Their minds work logically; they understand cause and effect; they don't hallucinate. Their perceptions of most life circumstances are reasonably accurate. They get good reports at work; they do well in school or training programs; and no one other than their partners -- and children -- thinks that…”— Lundy Bancroft, amazon.com
“We invent boyfriends, wear fake engagement rings or give out fake phone numbers. We smile and act flattered, are polite when we don’t want to be, and leave relationships saying that it’s all our fault—anything to prevent a potential swell of rage.”— Jessica Valenti, jessica.substack.com
“At what age can a young woman—or, more accurately, a girl—give informed consent to her own objectification?”— Emma Specter, vogue.com
“One ranking lists Pornhub as the 10th-most-visited website in the world. Yet there’s another side of the company: Its site is infested with rape videos. It monetizes child rapes, revenge pornography, spy cam videos of women showering, racist and misogynist content, and footage of women being asphyxi…”— Nicholas Kristof, nytimes.com
“Why is it that male coming of age narratives always feel autonomous, like they are coming into their own and becoming a man and like going off on a vision quest or howling at the moon or something, and female coming of age narratives are a thing that happens to women?”— Gabrielle Lisk, medium.com
“I can't be fuckin' these lil bitty bitches 'Cause they be runnin' they mouth (Yeah)”— Lil Baby, genius.com
“[singing] ‘She broke my heart, so I broke her jaw.’”— W. Peter Iliff, Charlie Tweeder, Scott Caan, imdb.com
“Ladies, shut up and hold on to your nipples!”— W. Peter Iliff, Charlie Tweeder, Scott Caan, imdb.com
“Most women have some names, I think. Names of men who come to mind as threats. Men who have lashed out before, or men who seem to store their rage in their chests as they sneer and criticize.”— Ella Dawson, elladawson.com
“Seeing women taking care of their sons is the only situation in which I don’t hate them.”— Biebercel, thecut.com
“I realize now how much she's just like the others, cold and distant, and many people are like that, women for sure, they're like a union.”— Paul Schrader, Travis Bickle, Robert De Niro, imdb.com
“In a section that asks why gender-neutral seems to always translate to 'boy' when it comes to fashion, several people surveyed explain feelings that might not surprise anyone who understands how misogyny (and transmisogyny) still impacts so much of our culture. The general vibe to the responses was…”— Condé Nast, teenvogue.com
“My bitch ain't average, she got an accent My bitch just bougie and bad, bitch Steppin' hoes lookin' left and right (uh) Bitches gonna go on sight (uh)”— Sheck Wes, open.spotify.com
“Mr. Morgan, is there any chance we could get Kat to take her Midol before she comes to class?”— Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith, Joey Donner, Andrew Keegan, imdb.com
“Romantic? Hemingway? He was an abusive, alcoholic misogynist who squandered half of his life hanging around Picasso trying to nail his leftovers.”— Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith, Katarina "Kat" Stratford, Julia Stiles, imdb.com
“Chrissy Snow: You know, if women ran the world, there'd be none of these stupid wars. Stanley Roper: Yeah, all the countries would nag each other to death.”— Dennis Koenig, Larry Balmagia, imdb.com
“Jay: Oh man, how come it's always the ugly chicks that stay out late? Winifred Sanderson: [Winnie, Sarah and Mary stop, turn and glare at the boys] Chicks?”— Mick Garris, Neil Cuthbert, David Kirschner, Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Bette Midler, imdb.com