“Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.” - Jane Austen, Mansfield Park Once we do that, make peace with it, and embrace it, not only can we live empowered, transformed, and fulfilling lives, we can help others do that too as models and as guides.” - Marta Spirk, The Empowered Woman: The Ultimate Roadmap to Business Success “It is critical to unearth and understand our stories - both as individuals and as entrepreneurs. We could not discount the potential impact of even one such altered perspective on a young girl, her family, and, eventually, on an entire community.” - Samantha Power, The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir “When we police a woman’s affect, when we privilege it or equate it with her actions, with what she actually does, we’re engaging in our most pervasive and yet our most quiet form of sexism, our most quiet form of everyday violence.” - Toni Jensen, Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land “Feminism is for everybody.” - bell hooks “A huge part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.” - Lena Dunham A lot of what feminism is about is moving outside of roles and moving outside of expectations of who and what you're supposed to be to live a more authentic life.” - Laverne Cox “I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. Because ma’am, I’m all of those things.” - Lizzo And if that’s body-positive to you, amen. I’m going to still be telling my life story through music. When all the dust has settled on the groundbreaking-ness, I’m going to still be doing this. I am just trying - trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself.” - Roxane Gay I am not trying to say I have all the answers. “I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. “I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.” - Rebecca West Ever.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions ‘Because you are a girl’ is never a reason for anything. Do not ever tell her that she should or should not do something because she is a girl. “Teach her that the idea of ‘gender roles’ is absolute nonsense. We shouldn’t feel that it detracts from our femininity.” - Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women “The biggest problem that women have is being ambivalent about their own power… We should be comfortable with the idea of wielding power. “Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of living in advance through a trauma that prepares you for a future of radical transformation.” - Cherrie Moraga And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists “I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. “A gender-equal society would be one where the word ‘gender’ does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.” - Gloria Steinem They are afraid of women.” - Malala Yousafzai “The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. A queen offers her hand to be kissed, and can form it into a fist while smiling the whole damn time.” - Elizabeth Acevedo “Deadly and graceful, poised and ruthless. “To all the little girls… never doubt that you are valuable and powerful, and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.” - Hillary Clinton It is time that ‘half the human race’ had something to say about the nature of its existence.” - Lorraine Hansberry “I think it is about time that equipped women began to take on some of the ethical questions which a male-dominated culture has produced and dissect and analyze them quite to pieces in a serious fashion. The important thing is not to retreat: You have to master yourself.” - Olga Korbut “Don’t be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. “I raise up my voice - not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard… we cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” - Malala Yousafzai Follow My soul toolbox on WordPress.“When life hands you a difficult situation where you feel undervalued and disrespected, be bold and brave enough to know your worth.” - Yai Vargas
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