“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
“Sometimes, it’s better to be alone for a while. To be in a relationship with yourself rather than with someone who makes you feel even more lonely. To give yourself permission to let go of the person you tried to be in all of your relationships in order to become who you were really meant to be.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“How absurd that you minimize female self-respect and self-worth by saying someone should stay in a toxic relationship...I am not a babysitter or a mother and no woman should feel that they need to be.”— Ariana Grande, teenvogue.com
“Don’t you ever fuck with me, put my juju on your voodoo, you ain’t badder than me.”— Jarina De Marco, youtube.com
“Mira pendejo you should know better than to mess with a chica, a chica like me, cause my Santeria is outta here, see ya it’s no trick or treat, kiss your culo, goodbye.”— Jarina De Marco, youtube.com
“Witch is a feared and very misunderstood word. Historically, it’s a word used to shame and persecute women who were perceived to be too powerful, too threatening, too close to dismantling the status quo. Yet witch is also a word that burns with the fierceness of self-empowerment, of divine knowing,…”— Katerina Lolita, thoughtcatalog.com
“The witch represents the part of each of us that has been censored, ignored, punished and demonized. And it's a part that wants - no, needs - to be accessed and expressed…the witch is a woman fully in her power.”— Lisa Lister, amazon.com
“Leave the man who breaks your wings and uses them as crutches just so he can learn to fly.”— Shahida Arabi, shopcatalog.com
“you can't make homes out of human beings someone should have already told you that and if he wants to leave then let him leave you are terrifying and strange and beautiful something not everyone knows how to love.”— Warshan Shire, youtube.com
“his teeth ache with memory of taste his body just a long shadow seeking yours but you are always too intense frightening in the way you want him unashamed and sacrificial he tells you that no man can live up to the one who lives in your head”— Warsan Shire, youtube.com
“Don’t get me wrong. You can still be a bad girl and be kind. You can still be compassionate. But you’ve got to have that feistiness. You’ve got to be able to fight back when needed. You’ve got to be able to choose yourself over some asshole who’s not even willing to give you the time of day – each a…”— Katerina Lolita, thoughtcatalog.com
“I’d much rather you be a bad girl. The kind who takes no shit. The kind who has pride in herself. The kind who knows what she wants and goes after it, even when society is afraid it will make her too powerful.”— Katerina Lolita, thoughtcatalog.com
“The most powerful women are always the ones you don’t see coming.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don't underestimate her. And don't bet against her.”— James DeWille, Archie Andrews, K.J. Apa, imdb.com
“Powerful women are the harbingers of truth, of change. They naturally expose the darkness in others by standing firmly in their own light.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“The ones who are birthed by chaos are always the bearers of revolution.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“A man who can authentically admire a woman’s skill set without competing with her or feeling emasculated is a huge turn on for an ambitious alpha woman.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Alpha women do not put up with bullshit. They simply do not have the time to analyze mixed messages or become fluent in your hot and cold behavior. They’re way too busy working on their goals and leading thriving lives to entertain partners with half-assed efforts.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“So many roads and so much opinion So much shit to give in, give in to So many rules and so much opinion So much bullshit but we won't give in”— Le Tigre, open.spotify.com