Best Feminism Quotes This Week

Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
May 29, 2013 6:34pm UTC

A male celebrity can literally beat his girlfriend half to death
and still have a successful career
A female celebrity can gain a few pounds and she's shunned, mocked,
and ridiculed by thousands of people over many different mediums.

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Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
March 28, 2013 8:35pm UTC

Macklemore
-Has song about feminism
-has song about gay rights
-Has song about consumerism
-Has songs about drug abuse and alcoholism
-Has song about white privilege
-In all of them, he speaks realistically about the subject and includes his personal experience
And some song about thrift shopping gets popular

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br0kenwings
posted a quote
June 27, 2013 6:18pm UTC

Girls. It's time to fight back.
Wear whatever you fûcking want to school.
If some guy touches you and you do not want to be touched,
sucker punch him in the throat.
Fûck all these rules just for females.

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BlackButterflies
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April 21, 2013 4:28am UTC

1) it is ok to be a girl who wears makeup (a lot or a little)
2) it is also okay to be a guy who wears makeup
3) it is okay to wear no makeup at all
3) it is okay to be a girl who has a lot of sexual partners (as long as it is safe and consensual)
4) it is also okay to be a guy who has a lot of sexual partners as long as it is safe and consensual
5) it is okay to have no sexual partners ever
6) it is okay for women to wear revealing clothes, whether in public or at home (as long as the law is not broken)
7) it is okay for guys to wear revealing clothes as long as the law is not broken by it
8) it is okay to wear clothes that completely cover your body, or any mix of the two.
9) just because a woman has short hair, doesn't mean she is a lesbian
10) 'lesbian', however, is not an insult - it is just insulting to believe that a haircut can determine someone's sexual orientation
11) it is okay for girls to flirt a lot and then say no to sexual intercourse
12) it is okay for guys to flirt a lot and then say no to sexual intercourse
13) no kind of makeup, clothing or behaviour can in any way justify sexual assault, whether the victim is male or female.
*mic drop*
goodnight kids.

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Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
October 25, 2013 9:20pm UTC

Every year for Halloween I wanted to be a pumpkin, sunflower, m&m, turtle.
But, when you get older, the costumes tend to get smaller. Finessing curves into eyecandy instead of masterpiece. American beauty turned apple pie cutie.
So, this year, I decided to be a school teacher, nurse, fairy, Wonder Woman.
But, when I went to buy the costume I was like, "Where's the rest of it.? Is B for books or boobs? Was the toothfairy a stripper? To check temperatures or raise them? Oh, hell no. Heels?"
Halloween has become a different type of freakshow and all that I am don't fit prettily into polyester and spandex.
I'd much rather be a sasquatch, Godzilla, King Kong, Lochness. Goblin, ghoul, a zombie with no conscience. Everybody knows I'm a motherfcking monster.
Society is trying to squeeze the fantasy out of us--turn our feminine fatal.
So, this year I think I'll be monster. Let me be mummy--empty of all organs so they'd never fail me. Only my heart would remain, the center of inteligence and emotion. But, I'd never need to feel another pair of greedy eyes on me.
Monster.
I'd much rather be vampire--my reflection disapearing every time I looked in the mirror so I wouldn't have to worry about flaws that stare blankly back at me. I will suck everyone woman's sterotype out of your throats.
Monster.
I've heard that some of the most beautiful women are the craziest ones. On a good day I'm human, on a full moon--werewolf that I exist when the lunar ticks. Ticking 'till the time comes when I'm finally comfortable in my own skin.
Monster.
Let me be your worst nightmare for one night. I'll shed away my wings and Betsy Johnson's and I'll play boogieman. See, I know what you're afraid of--A woman who can do bad, no evil, all by herself. But, nowadays, boogieman is a lot less frightening than a strong woman.
Monster.
But, no matter what garments we wrap ourselves in, a woman's status as trick, treat, or geek is not up for discussion.
A woman dressing, acting, or being should be her choice.
If a woman wants to wear a skimpy outfit, let it be her choice.
If a woman wants to cover up let it be her choice.
If I wanna be a motherfcking monster then let it be my choice.
Is B for books or for boobs? Both.
To check temperatures or raise them? Both.
Was the tooth fairy a stripper? Maybe.
But who cares?
See, I'd much rather be woman and if it means that I must be a monster then
Happy Halloween.

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dolph*
posted a quote
March 7, 2014 4:10pm UTC

funny how when a girl is in love with a guy that doesn't love her back it's 'clingy' and 'pathetic'
but when a guy loves a girl who doesn't love him back it's 'romantic' and 'heartbreaking'

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Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
May 22, 2013 3:11pm UTC

Gameboy? *bangs fist on table*
Feminism!

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Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
May 26, 2013 11:07pm UTC

Petition to not allow straight guys to drive because if they can't focus in
school when a girl's shoulders are showing then how can they focus on the road when women are all over billboards or may be walking or jogging in tank tops and short shorts. And we let them drive by it all going 20-80 mph in vehicles that weigh thousands of pounds? It's a public safety hazard, really.

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Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
July 30, 2013 7:10pm UTC

When I am assertive, I'm a b.itch. When a man is assertive, he's a boss. He bossed up. No negative connotation behind bossed up, but lots of negative connotation behind being a b.itch.
Donald Trump could say, "You're fired." Let Martha Stewart run her company the same way and be the same way. "F.uck, oh. Evil b.itch." But Donald Trump, he gets to hang out with young b.itches and have 50 different wives and just be cool. "Oh, Donald, we love you. Donald Trump!"
But when you're girl, you have to, like, everything. You have to be--you have to be d.ope at what you do but you have to be super sweet and you have to be sexy and you have to be this and you have to be that and you have to be nice and you have to--It's like, I can't be all those things at once.
I'm a human being.
--Nicki Minaj

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br0kenwings
posted a quote
May 4, 2013 6:05am UTC

good reasons to criticize or dislike taylor swift/her music:
• s|ut shaming lyrics
• queerphobic lyrics
• shaming females who drink alcohol
• other anti-feminist behavior
bad reasons to criticize or dislike taylor swift/her music:
• dating your favorite celeb
• falling in and out of relationships frequently

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Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
November 4, 2013 8:51pm UTC

i wish my eyeliner was so sharp it could dismantle the patriarchy but sadly it is as smudged as robin thicke's views on consent.

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Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
June 13, 2013 5:21pm UTC

Feminism: A collection of movements and idealologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment.
Misandry: The dislike of, or contempt for, or ingrained predjudice against men.
Learn the difference.

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br0kenwings
posted a quote
April 9, 2013 11:53pm UTC

you ever thought that maybe the reason girls say they’re fine when they’re not, or they’re not mad when they are,
is because the second they show any semblance of emotion
they’re written off as hysterical bxtches
that are probably on their period?

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destabilise
posted a quote
October 9, 2013 5:25pm UTC

You can say “B.itch” on national television but you can’t say “S.hit” because in our society it’s more acceptable to degrade women than poop.
— Paul Wesselman

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Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
June 5, 2013 3:47pm UTC

At Monash University in Melbourne, the women's department had a bake
sale and cupcakes were $1 for men, $.80 for women, and $.70 for trans people to represent the wage gap and heaps of guys kicked off about it being sexist and that's how I finally understood how hypocritcal and ignorant men's rights activism is.

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destabilise
posted a quote
January 26, 2014 5:45pm UTC

“We teach girls shame; close your legs, cover yourself, we make them feel as though by being born female they’re already guilty of something."

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br0kenwings
posted a quote
April 3, 2013 7:52am UTC

I shouldn't be the superhero’s girlfriend,
I should be the superhero.
- KRISTEN STEWART
(who is actually a beast feminist)
(who doesn't get enought credit)

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Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
August 10, 2014 2:06pm UTC

It's Monday. I'm going home at 6pm and a middle aged man and a teenage boy are the only people left on the bus with me. I consider the fact that because the driver is also a man I am he only person left on the bus with the correct genetic makeup for boobs. I'm automatically scared, scared because of my own anatomy. I wonder how old I was when I realized that my own body was going to be the cause of the constant anxiety and fear I feel in situations like this. I get off at the last stop and the older man smiles at me while following me up the street. His smile drips, drips, drips and my heart is pounding, pounding, pounding. He turns off down another road, but I run the rest of the way home.
Not all men.
I’m at home on a Tuesday, beginning to plan the travels I want to go on next year. I dream of wandering the streets and meeting strangers. I just can’t wait to escape the city I’ve lived in for 17 long years. But… my mum is hesitant. She’s forever worried about the danger that being a young girl traveling alone can bring. I’ll be alone and she’s scared. Surely I’m invincible. I feel invincible. But I know, I know this danger is real and I can’t help but think to myself, if I feel unsafe in my own city, how am i going to feel in a strange place with strange men who don’t speak the same language as me? If I was my brother planning this, I would probably just be wondering if European girls are going to be hot.
Not all men.
Wednesday is a beautiful sunny day but I’ve always been told that I don’t have a “nice enough body” to wear a bikini on the beach. Ever since I was 6 years old I’ve thought that having tummy fat was ugly. That skin that doesn’t have a perfectly golden glow is undesirable. I amble to a clear patch of sand in my one piece and I can feel pairs of eyes latching onto me. Hairy men in speedos who I don’t look twice at eat into my body with their stares. I’m a piece of meat. I am a piece of meat? I am here for their amusement. Please don’t let me be eaten alive.
Not all men.
Thursday night two friends and I are walking to our god damn school dance when we hear “Jesus look at you! You sl.uts heading to a pole?” These words snarl out of the mouth of a respectably dressed man and we stop in horror. Shivers roll up my back in fear. It’s dark. We are alone. What. Do. We. Do??? One of us pulls the finger back. I can never be sure how quickly a sexist man can get angry so we walk quickly away. We’re angry, so so angry. But also so… deflated. I wonder if we deserve this shame.
Not all men.
Sitting on the internet, Friday night and scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed:
"Haha, good job at the game today bro. You R.APED them!"
"Damn with t.its like that, you're asking for it :P"
Another sexist comment.
Another sexist comment.
Another sexist comment.
I’m shrinking and shrinking and shrinking and I want to CRY because these boys don’t realize how small they make me feel with just pressing a few keys. I see these boys on the streets, I talk to these boys, I laugh with these boys. Dear GOD, dear GOD i hope these boys don’t think actions speak louder than words…
Not all men.
Three rules that have been drilled into me since I was young run through my mind at one 1:30 on a Satur...Sunday morning.
-Don't ever talk to strange men
-Don't ever be alone at night in a strange place
-Don't ever get into a car with a stranger
I break all 3 of these laws as I pull open the taxi door. Making light conversation with the driver, he doesn’t see my sweaty hand clutching the small pocket knife I keep hidden on me at all times. He doesn’t even realize the fear I feel at his mere presence. He cannot comprehend it, he never will. How easy would this 15 minute car ride be if I was born a boy?
Not all men.
It comes to Sunday, another snoozy, sleepy, Sunday and someone has the AUDACITY to tell me not all men are r.apists. I say nothing.
I'm a 17 year old girl.
When I am walking alone in the dark, it's all men.
When I am in a car with a man I don't know well, it's all men.
When men drunkenly leer at me in the sreets, it's all men.
When a boy won't leave me alone a a party, it's all men.
Not all men are r.apists. But for a young girl like me? Every one of them has the potential to be.
Not.
All.
Men.

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br0kenwings
posted a quote
May 29, 2013 6:14am UTC

How many “friend-zoned” guys does it take to change a light bulb?
None, they’ll just compliment it and get pîssed when it won’t scrêw.

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br0kenwings
posted a quote
October 6, 2013 1:00am UTC

what you said was: "I don't respect women who don't respect themselves."
what you meant was: "I, and society as a whole, hold women up to ridiculous respectability standards directly relating to the "purity" of said women while hyperséxualizing them at the same time and, if you are a woman and don't fit my awkward monolith of criteria ,then i refuse to acknowledge your humanity."
what i heard was: "Hi, i'm a misogynist piece of shît, please punch me in my face."

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