King Princess Quotes

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 stereotypes of feminists as ugly, or man-haters, or hairy, or whatever it is - that's really strategic. That's a really smart way to keep young women away from feminism, is to kind of put out this idea that all feminists hate men, or all feminists are ugly; and that they really come from a place of fear.

The message of women's liberation is that women can love each other and ourselves against our degrading education.

I can hear the roar of women's silence.

It's because I'm a feminist that I can't stand women limiting other women's imaginations. It really makes me angry.

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.

Women should be obscene and not heard.

I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women.

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

I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks, and permit us to stand upright on that ground which God designed us to occupy.

I really want to speak for young women, especially because I feel like we're constantly brainwashed in everyday life.

Feminism is experiential; it's comparing notes. And when those stories get told, and you realize it's not just you - it's bigger - there's just a huge sigh of relief. Otherwise, you think you're crazy.

If, by some miracle, women should not ever utter a single protest against their condition, there would still exist among men those who could not endure in peace until her liberation had been achieved.

I do not subscribe to a feminism that demands perfection or super heroic nobility of women. But I do insist that putting women at the service of patriarchy is no victory for us.

Being a woman means everything to me.

I think the main thing for young women is to have confidence and not be afraid to challenge continuing inequalities, because that's the only way you'll get change.

Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.

I don't know what kind of courage it took thousands of years ago, but I know how courageous women need to be today.

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.

I'm really inspired by playing strong women. Anything that I can be a part of like that, to be a role model for young women.

I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.

Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.

My lyrics are for strong, independent women who are both smart and fashionable.

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.

Why am I not feminist? Maybe because I come from a country where my mother ruled my life. I never felt in any way that I couldn't achieve what I want.