Feminist Quotes

Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term, but especially because the women's movement did not either.

Donald, my husband, considers himself a feminist.

Remember that in the early days of the feminist movement, they refused to have a leader; different women would just stand up and speak. The early feminists were very careful to not put what was spontaneously arising back in the old bottle.

My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays.