Ani DiFranco Quotes

The goals of the feminist movement have not been achieved, and those who claim we're living in a post-feminist era are either sadly mistaken or tired of thinking about the whole subject.

Because men have so long ruled the world, it does not follow that the philosophy by which they have ruled it is the correct one.

Why is there even a conversation about feminism?

As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism or if they do they think it is not a problem. Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. And a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media.

People feel removed from sexism. 'I'm not a sexist, but I'm not a feminist.' They think there's this fuzzy middle ground. There's no fuzzy middle ground. You either believe that women are people or you don't. It's that simple.

If you ask me what I believe in today, I believe in feminism. I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else. Feminism has to do with everything in the world, a vision of how the world can be. I have great doubts about Utopias, but I just keep on thinking there is a better way to live than the way we live now.

For many people, feminism is one of those words of which, as St. Augustine said about time, they know the meaning as long as no one is asking.

Something you hear a lot is that feminism dead. But if feminism is dead, why do people try so hard to kill it?

What feminism calls patriarchy is simply civilization , an abstract system designed by men but augmented and now co-owned by women.

So this is feminist corner then.

The women's movement is filled with tyrants, just as men's political movements are equally filled.

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.

Feminism doesn't have a particularly constructive image, although I think there was time when it was relevant.

It's patriarchal society that has freed me as a woman.

I call myself a feminist when people ask me if I am, and of course I am 'cause it's about equality, so I hope everyone is. You know you're working in a patriarchal society when the word "feminist" has a weird connotation.

The struggles women face today are simultaneously very, very old and very new.

How did it come to be that you think men and women are the same? Well, there's a simple answer to the question: Feminism.

Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.

I think what's happening in the world - there's nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.

I don’t know what happened through the ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s that took feminism off the table, that made it something that women weren’t supposed to identify with and were supposed to be ashamed of. Feminism is about the fight for equality between the sexes, with equal respect, equal pay, and equal opportunity. At the moment we are still a long way off that.

I hate feminism. It is poison.

Feminism and issues surrounding being female in the world, always, but particularly right now at this complicated cultural moment. It's a huge part of what's important to me.

Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.

Feminism starts out being very simple, and it ends up being a world view that questions hierarchy altogether.

What I often say to people who are quick to say I’m not a feminist is if you think you’re not a feminist, give it all back.