“As a black person, when I’ve read some of the self-help books that tell me: ‘Quit your job and travel,’ I’m like: ‘Really? I don’t think I can afford to do that …’ You get this feeling of not being good enough – not Zen enough. I didn’t want this to be one of those books. They’re fine, but they don’…”— Chidera Eggerue, theguardian.com
“Because in spite of what the mainstream publishing industry wants us to believe, white people’s experiences aren’t universal – they’re actually informed by privileges that people of color don’t have.”— Ashley Truong, everydayfeminism.com
“Writers of color are talented, fierce, and have important things to say – and it’s about time we started making room for their voices.”— Ashley Truong, everydayfeminism.com
“The thing is, if it’s going to change, white people need to be part of the effort. The reality is that publishing isn’t a business where you make it based solely on talent. If that were the case, then more writers of color would be famous and successful.”— Ashley Truong, everydayfeminism.com
“A desire for a more normal life does not necessarily mean identification with norms, but can be simply this: a desire to escape the exhaustion of having to insist just to exist.”— Sara Ahmed, amazon.com
“The thing about white feminism is this: by focusing only on the “average” of the female experience, entire lives, entire existences are cast out of the mix. It’s why we are told “women” are paid 80 cents for every male-earned dollar, when that’s actually on a curve anchored by able-bodied cisgender…”— Courtney Enlow , pajiba.com
“Dunham’s discrediting of Perrineau is an example of how women of color who have made accusations of sexual assault are often contradicted and never believed (Lupita Nyong’o for example, was the only one of 79 actress that Harvey Weinstein contradicted when she came forward with her story of sexual m…”— Paula Rogo, essence.com
“What are we afraid to say and why can’t we say it? Women, particularly the most marginalized, are silenced, while powerful abusers can scream as loudly as they want, lie as much as they want and continue to profit through it all.”— Ellen Page, facebook.com
“Women of color are expected to support the mistreatment of famous, wealthy and white women, but the same levels of support aren't reciprocated.”— Eugene Scot, washingtonpost.com
“It feels like something has shifted. It’s too bad that it’s probably because so many of the women that were assaulted by Harvey Weinstein are famous and white and everybody knows them. This has been going on a long time to black women and other women of color and it doesn’t get out quite the same.”— Jane Fonda, huffingtonpost.com
“Weinsteins victims are white and famous and that's why we care... The same attention has never been paid to women in other industries when they’ve come forward—women who certainly have more to lose than a movie star—and certainly has never been paid to victims who are women of color.”— Kevin Fallon, thedailybeast.com
“I inherited hunger, popped jaw, all teeth, & father taught me how to feast.”— Kemi Alabi, kwelijournal.org
“Catholicism and other Christian religions are yet another weapon against indigeneity by the European colonizers, and that the myth of purity is bullshit. Women do not belong to men nor to god.”— Carolyn A. García, afropunk.com
“Are we made uncomfortable by loud or angry women/trans/GNC people of color? Do we understand why people don’t report to the police? Do we get why policing should not exist? Do women of color make as much money as white women do in your anti-violence org? Does your anti-violence panel/workshop/confer…”— Mahroh Jahangiri, feministing.com
“For black women, silence is often equatable to death. We go through enough silencing, suppression and harassment over our voices day in and day out.”— Clarkisha Kent, theroot.com
“White women elected Trump... White women: let's get familiar with feeling uncomfortable... Black, brown, trans, and queer women have been doing this for far longer and at far greater peril. We are the ones new to this.”— Kellyanne Kanye, twitter.com
“Misogynoir is at work when white women are praised for wearing styles created by Black women, who get called ‘ghetto’ or ‘ratchet’ for wearing the same fashions... learning about misogynoir helped me understand why society praises the Kardashians for their brazen sexuality but disparages Amber Rose…”— Melissa Brown, resistmedia.org
“Laws meant to protect all women are most often created with white women in mind.”— Melissa Brown, resistmedia.org