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Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.
-------- Toni Morrison Women are made to be loved, not understood. -----Oscar Wilde (Patriarchy be like) Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. ----- Phyllicia Rashad |
“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation."
- Brigham Young
- Brigham Young
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
-------Audre Lorde
"As an artist and as a human rights activist, I feel it’s my duty to speak out against any discrimination or marginalization of people who might not have the power to gain control of their rights.”
----Janelle Monae
“Where there is a woman there is magic.”
-------Ntozake Shange
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
------Alice Walker
"I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't."
-------- Audre Lorde
"Women hold up half the sky"
-------Mao Zedong
“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.”
---------Nikki Giovanni
Once, when my daughter Paula was in her twenties, she said to me that feminism was dated, that I should move on. We had a memorable fight. Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor --they have children that they don't want or they cannot feed. They have no control over their bodies or their lives. They have no education and no freedom. They are raped, beaten up and sometimes killed with impunity. For most Western young women of today, being called a feminist is an insult. Feminism has never been sexy, but let me assure you that it never stopped me from flirting, and I have seldom suffered from lack of men. (Laughter) Feminism is not dead, by no means. It has evolved. If you don't like the term, change it, for Goddess' sake. Call it Aphrodite, or Venus, or bimbo, or whatever you want; the name doesn't matter, as long as we understand what it is about, and we support it.
------ Isabel Allende
Biography
https://www.ted.com/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion/transcript?language=en