Joss Whedon Quotes About Culture

Quotes about: Culture

• The misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it.

  Joss Whedon

  Men, Soul, Balance

  Equality Now Tribute Address, delivered 15 May 2006, Men on the Front Lines Honoree

• At the end of the day I have many answers for it. It has to do with my mom, who was an extraordinary woman, and a great feminist. It has to do with the people in my life. It has to do with a lot of different things, but -- I don't know! Because I'm not just writing from the female characters for other people. I have a desire to see them in our culture -- that was not met for most of my childhood. Except occasionally by James Cameron. [From the 2011 San Diego Comic Con, in response to being asked why he writes strong female characters.]

  Joss Whedon

  Mom, Strong, Writing

• I think it's always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it's successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why.

  Joss Whedon

  Successful, Thinking, Important

• People always say I write a lot of pop culture references. Can somebody please count the pop culture references in 'Firefly?' Because I don't know how to put this to you, but there was one. I referenced The Beatles in the pilot.

  Joss Whedon

  Writing, Firefly, People

  "Joss Whedon on Comic Books, Abusing Language and the Joys of Genre". Interview with Adam Rogers, www.wired.com. May 3, 2012.

• Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need Equality, and we kind of need it now. 'So why do you write these strong female characters?' Because you're still asking that question.

  Joss Whedon

  Strong, Writing, Character

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