Jon Krakauer Quotes

If we're for one another, we're feminists. The rest is semantics.

You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights.

I try my hardest to push the point that I am a feminist.

I do consider myself a feminist, yeah. Totally.

I don't mind the term 'feminist.'

To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.

'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.

I would love for people to know that the label 'feminist' is something that everyone should wear proudly, because it just means that you support women.

If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '

Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries.

The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.

I deplore the shying away that can go on, within women, from the term 'feminist.' I am, absolutely, all about being a feminist.

Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and emancipation of women everywhere?

The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.

To be a feminist is to be alive.

The feminist spirit still lives! It shows most boldly among younger women from the millennial generation.

My nature is feminist. How could you not be a feminist and be alive? The world is full of brilliant, interesting women.

While most men don't have first-hand experience with gender-based discrimination, we can still be powerful allies for advancing women's rights. We need to do a better job of listening to women and standing up for what's right, even when it's not popular or comfortable.

Every woman, whether or not they're comfortable with the term 'feminist,' probably wants to be equal to men, and that is fundamentally what feminism is about.

Quite frankly, I talk about the fact that I'm a feminist as often as I can, and every time I do, it gets huge reaction, and media reacts, and the Twitterverse explodes and things like that, because here I am saying I'm a feminist. I will keep saying that until there is no more reaction to that when I say it, because that's where we want to get to.

I'm proud to be a feminist because making sure that everyone understands we all have a role in fighting for equality is the only way to move forward.

To me, feminism is believing in women's equality, and I ardently ascribe to that belief.

You had a generation of women, of which I'm part, where it was a stigma to be associated with feminism; there was a backlash. Now you have a generation that is clearly embracing feminism because, at the end of the day, the definition of feminism is just equality.

I identify as a feminist but subscribe to the pretty basic definition of a feminist as 'someone who seeks equality between the sexes.'