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• Feminism has led the way in demystifying personal relations, forcefully insisting they are political to the core.

  Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

  Political, Way, Anti Feminist

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• Kiss me and you will see how important I am.

  Sylvia Plath

  Kissing, Important, Kiss Me

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.197, Anchor

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• I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover.

  Germaine Greer

  Fighting, Vacuums, Boards

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• Merely external emancipation has made of the modern woman an artificial being. Now, woman is confronted with the necessity of emancipating herself from emancipation, if she really desires to be free.

  Emma Goldman

  Being Free, Desire, Modern Woman

  Emma Goldman, Candace Falk, Barry Pateman, Jessica M. Moran (2004). “Emma Goldman: Making speech free, 1902-1909”, p.180, Univ of California Press

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• Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Work, Opportunity, Men

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• For me feminism is bra-burning lesbianism. It's very unglamorous.

  Geri Halliwell

  Burning, Bras, Lesbianism

  "Girl power comes of age" by Joanna Moorhead, www.theguardian.com. October 24, 2007.

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• Just because we're sisters under the skin doesn't mean we've got much in common.

  Angela Carter

  Sister, Mean, Justice

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• She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she's going out with a command that is hers. She is used to making those, decisions herself.

  Will Smith

  Profound, Decision, Going Out

  "Will Smith: I Wanted My Life to Be Like 'Dallas'" Mary Margaret, parade.com. May 3, 2012.

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• Feminism is a political mistake. Feminism is a mistake made by women's intellect, a mistake which her instinct will recognize.

  Valentine de Saint-Point

  Valentines Day, Mistake, Political

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• Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out.

  Clare Boothe Luce

  Males, Kept Woman, Supremacy

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• feminism is for everybody

  Bell Hooks

  Motivational

  bell hooks (2014). “Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics”, Routledge

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• Third World feminism is about feeding people in all their hungers.

  Cherrie Moraga

  People, World, Hunger

  Cherríe Moraga (1983). “Loving in the war years: lo que nunca pasó por sus labios”, South End Pr

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• The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

  Bella Abzug

  Jobs, Women, Memorable

  Bella S. Abzug (1972). “Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington”, Saturday Review Press

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• Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.

  Aaron Allston

  Believe, People, Feminist

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• I HAVE REALIZED THAT FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS HAS TOO OFTEN BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH MAN-HATING. IF THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, IT IS THAT THIS HAS TO STOP.

  Emma Watson

  Hate, Fighting, Men

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

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• Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings. To me it's the latter, so I sign up

  Margaret Atwood

  Inspirational, Women, Believe

  FaceBook post by Margaret Atwood from Mar 09, 2015

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• A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

  Gloria Steinem

  Women, Equality, Empowering

  "Happy 80th, Gloria Steinem" by Kathleen McCartney, www.cnn.com. March 25, 2014.

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• Even now, after whatever gains feminism has made in involving fathers in the rearing of their children, I still think virtually all of us spend the most formative years of our lives very much in the presence of women

  Reynolds Price

  Children, Father, Thinking

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• Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots.

  Crystal Eastman

  Motherhood, Equality, Roots

  Crystal Eastman (1978). “Crystal Eastman on women and revolution”, Oxford University Press

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• What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?

  Cyndi Lauper

  Hate, Mean, Men

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• A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men.

  Julie Burchill

  Fun, Independent, Men

  "International Women’s Day Quotes: 16 Inspirational Feminist Quotes for IWD 2017". metro.co.uk. March 06, 2017.

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• I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.

  June Jordan

  Life, Happiness, Success

  1978 Address to Black Writers Conference, Howard University. Collected as 'Where Is the Love?' in Moving Towards Home (1989).

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• Real feminism is spinsterhood.

  Florence King

  Real, Gender, Spinsterhood

  Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.47, Macmillan

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• It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word.

  Siobhan Fahey

  Dirty, Naughty, Thinking

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• Feminism - the word - can give us a handle, a rallying point, a common ground, and help us build a bridge. Why not claim the gift of the word as a place to begin?

  Betty Buckley

  Bridges, Rallying Point, Giving

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