Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Some of my favorite feminist quotes
People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.
--Rebecca West
Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation--none was more alarming, from a feminist point of view, than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.
--Barbara Ehrenreich
I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist.
- Sally Kempton, journalist
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.
--Faith Whittlesey
I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.
--Madonna
There are very few jobs that actually require a penis or vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody.
--Florynce Kennedy
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
--Margaret Mead
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
--Gloria Steinem
I think, therefore I'm single.
--Lizz Winstead
A woman is like a tea bag. It's only when she's in hot water that you realize how strong she is.
--Carl Sandburg
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
--Gloria Steinem
--Rebecca West
Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation--none was more alarming, from a feminist point of view, than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.
--Barbara Ehrenreich
I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist.
- Sally Kempton, journalist
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.
--Faith Whittlesey
I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.
--Madonna
There are very few jobs that actually require a penis or vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody.
--Florynce Kennedy
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
--Margaret Mead
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
--Gloria Steinem
I think, therefore I'm single.
--Lizz Winstead
A woman is like a tea bag. It's only when she's in hot water that you realize how strong she is.
--Carl Sandburg
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
--Gloria Steinem