Feminism Quotes

The infamous F word
The word feminist was introduced in the U.S. in 1895 and has been used as
a rallying cry for women and a term of derision against them ever since.
Time Magazine declared feminism dead in 1998 (as hundreds of books and
articles have for the past 100 years), but feminism remains too necessary
to die of embarrassment - even if many have been scared away from the word.
Following are some definitions of (and reflections on) this powerful social and political movement.

i am a feminist. i am. me. this is what a feminist looks like. a feminist, mind you; not all of us. there's differences between us, you see, and that's a good portion of what feminism is about.

Why not choose a less offensive word? "A natural response is to change the word feminist to a word with fewer stigmas attached. But inevitably the same thing will happen to that magical word. Part of the radical connotation of feminism is not due to the word, but to the action. The act of a woman standing up for herself is radical, whether she calls herself a feminist or not."
- Paula Kamen, feminist