718 Quotes About Women-empowerment

I am not here to rebrand the mess he made on campus. It is not my responsibility to alchemize what he did into healing words society can digest. I do not exist to be the eternal flame, the beacon, the flowers that bloom in your garden.

Don't let yourself off the hook by deciding that something is out of your reach, instead, ask yourself, 'What would I do if I weren't afraid?

I was a young girl buying bubble gum at the corner store when I first really heard the full name bell hooks. I had just 'talked back' to a grown person. Even now I can recall the surprised look, the mocking tones that informed me I must be kin to bell hooks - a sharp-tongued woman, a woman who spoke her mind, a woman who was not afraid to talk back. I claimed this legacy of defiance, of will, of courage, affirming my link to my female ancestors who were bold and daring in their speech.

Moving from silence into speech is for the oppressed, the colonized, the exploited, and those who stand and struggle side by side a gesture of defiance that heals, that makes new life and new growth possible.

No one cares about your happiness, Udita. We’re just supposed to serve as wombs for patriarchy’s narcissistic desire for an endless line up of sons.

You don't owe any guy your body, Mia. It's strong and beautiful and yours

Let's not teach our daughter's...- To eat the leftovers and serve the fresh ones-To make the bed yet sleep late- Forsake a career for family - To serve the plates and finish the dishesBecause...It's time we teach our boy's to be men.

There is no competition between a man and a woman because a man can't create an egg and a woman can't bear a sperm.

I am an egalitarian but being a woman I am forced to be a feminist.