Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes

I'm a feminist, a 21st-century feminist - which means choice and freedom. One has the right to be both glamorous and ethically structured.

Feminism is not dead, by no means. It has evolved. If you don't like the term, change it, for Goddess' sake. Call it Aphrodite, or Venus, or bimbo, or whatever you want; the name doesn't matter, as long as we understand what it is about, and we support it.

I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.

It's like with feminism. We talk a lot about feminism meaning complete freedom, and for some people, that means, like, 'Free the nipple!' But there's another end of the feminist spectrum, and that's where people like me are.

'Feminism' is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isn't it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldn't it?

I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.

If a woman wants to take her husband's name, that's her choice, and I still think she can be feminist while doing that.

I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't even be something that people find mildly surprising, it's just a part of being a girl in 2013.

What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be.

Bras are a ludicrous invention; but if you make bralessness a rule, you're just subjecting yourself to yet another repression.

When I first started designing, all women were dressed like men, and I said, 'Hey, guys, let's be women, put the two together - it's not either/or. Let's celebrate our bodies. Our bodies are different.'

My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.

To be feminist doesn't mean you can't be submissive.

I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we celebrate celebrity feminism while avoiding the actual work of feminism.

I would definitely say I'm a feminist. To me, it just means being attentive and mindful. It's about equality and equal treatment. It feels like a gut instinct.

I'm a feminist, yes! Very strongly.

I am more feminist than feminists.

A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.

I feel like a feminist is gender equality.

I think feminism is about the spirit.

I do consider myself to be a feminist.

Feminism is a good venue for getting yourself across as much as for getting your point across.

I would hope everyone would be a feminist.

When you read about the real history of where feminism comes from, it came from a very political point of view. I don't believe in bringing any politics to an idea like feminism. I love the idea that women should be celebrated, but I also believe men should be, too. We need both - yin and yang.

Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair.