626 Quotes About Resistance




  • Author Sasha Scarr
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    The concept of the "female" is a loaded one. Female. Woman. The entire concept of the womyn is derived from, and supports the existence and submission to the male.When you hear "female", the social association is weakness, incompetence, and fragility. Almost as if nothing done can shatter the chain of alleged inferiority. If you refuse this, society makes you a "radical".

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  • Author Tori Amos
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    Once she said to me, "One day, young lady, you will give your body and obedience to your husband and your soul to God." And I whipped around and said, "And what, pray tell, Grandma, are you saying is left for me?

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  • Author Andrea Dworkin
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    How did I become who I am? I have a heart easily hurt. I believed that cruelty was most often caused by ignorance. I thought that if everybody knew, everything would be different. I was a silly child who believed in the revolution. [...] I can`t be bought or intimidated because I`m already cut down in the middle. I walk with women whispering in my ears. Every time I cry there`s a name attached to each tear. [...] I long to touch my sisters; I wish I could take away the pain.

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