“But this conundrum remains: I want the protection and love of a man while maintaining my own alpha qualities. And I will never again hide or play down my success to appease anyone, especially not my partner.”— Shannon Lell, washingtonpost.com
“Yet men are still expected to be protectors and providers. I’ll admit that I benefit from this dynamic. I love that men want to defend the ones they love with strength and fierce determination. I go weak in the knees when a man I’m seeing comes to rescue me from a broken pipe or possessed electronic…”— Shannon Lell, washingtonpost.com
“I keep running up against this power dynamic in the dating world, and I blame our culture’s preoccupation with wealth. For many decades, men had greater access to high-paying careers. They still have more access than women do, but the gender pay gap is narrowing.”— Shannon Lell, washingtonpost.com
“Our society likes women to be smart and beautiful but also quiet and appeasing. When a woman is opinionated or more traditionally “successful,” it can be threatening to her male partner.”— Shannon Lell, washingtonpost.com
“When you hurt me, you hurt yourself Don't hurt yourself, don't hurt yourself When you love me, you love yourself Love God herself I am the dragon breathing fire Beautiful mane I'm the lion”— Beyoncé, open.spotify.com
“I've learned not to be awkward about it because I am proud...and I am gonna say this, I know a lot of men are going to roll their eyes at this, I hope you don't, but especially as women, we're taught to not talk about these accomplishments or talk about money...but I am proud.”— Lilly Singh, youtube.com
“See, when the women society call too “damaged” perform better than those who never were, it tends to upset the status quo.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the Universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings.”— Ariana Dancu, facebook.com
“I always felt I needed really incredible women near me when we were making the clothes, too, because I wanted them to tell me how it felt.”— Calvin Klein, interviewmagazine.com
“Don't let anyone tell you you're not powerful. You're the most powerful woman I know.”— Joshua Safran, Chuck Bass, Ed Westwick, imdb.com
“Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.”— Tina Fey, amazon.com
“Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that a rebellion, especially when you're a woman.”— Joan Jett, cnn.com
“I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, cnn.com
“Never think you can't do anything because you're a woman. Everything is open to you as a girl. The future is yours.”— Christiane Amanpour, cnn.com
“You carry both lightning and thunder in that space between your bones and soul. Become the storm you are hiding from, a hurricane does not run from the rain.”— Nikita Gill, instagram.com