O. T. Fagbenle Quotes

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

I am for feminism. I stand up for women standing up for themselves in the same way I stand up for being black.

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.

The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.'

Feminism began to dawn on my brain belatedly in life.

Against the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole machinery of dead institutions of the past, the woman of today arises.

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

I can hear the roar of women's silence.

Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.

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'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture.

I think it was really entering my 30s that I began to embrace feminism and call myself a feminist.

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

Sexist anarchists do exist, but only by virtue of directly contradicting their own anarchism …. Anarchism must be feminist if it is to remain consistent.

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.

If you're a progressive, you really should be a feminist because it's about equality, it's about respect, it's about making the best of the world that we have.

My feminism is just part of my being - a part of my understanding of the world.

It's time Pakistani women are able to stand up and hold their oppressors accountable, no matter how strong or influential they are. Don't be scared. They are strong because we are weak - lets change that.

The cost of speaking out is so high for women, I understand why most decide not to.

I'm going to be honest. Up until I started work on Bumble, the 'f-word' scared me. People would ask me if I was a feminist, and I didn't know how to respond. The word seemed to put guys off, but now I realise, who cares?

I was ahead of the gender curve, but I wasn't ahead of the intersectionality curve, and I get it now. It's important to me.

Feminism is the best movement that's happened in the 21st century, and it benefits everyone.

Feminists are asking the practical questions about how you want to live your life.

I remember being called 'feminazi' and all that. I'm so proud of these young women who are coming out and not afraid to say they are feminists.