77 Quotes by Kirsten Powers

Women should be able to 'friend' a married - or unmarried - congressman on Facebook or follow him on Twitter without fear of being the recipient of lewd talk or behavior.

Anthony Weiner lied to the country about his sexual misconduct online. He also lied to me.

Women are often forced to maintain good relations with men who abuse them precisely because those men have power.

I've been harassed or on the receiving end of sexist and inappropriate behavior almost every place I've ever worked.

Frankly, the idea that exposed legs are some sort of sexual provocation is an argument one would expect to hear from a religious fundamentalist, not a feminist.

Whereas Hillary is continually reinventing herself and her campaign, throwing things against the wall to see what sticks, Sanders appears to be driven by core values. He's running because he wants to upend a broken system. She's running because she thinks it's her turn.

Bernie is a problem Hillary can't figure out how to solve, perhaps because he's not the problem. She is.

I derided Christians as anti-intellectual bigots who were too weak to face the reality that there is no rhyme or reason to the world.

The average religious person has their beliefs, but they're not trying to get people fired who don't have their beliefs. But zealots do do that. It's not enough for them to believe it; they can't tolerate other people who don't believe what they believe, and they have this absolute certainty that they're right.