Katie Pavlich Quotes

I think we should all call ourselves feminists.

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.

It's self-deceptive to think we're in a post-feminist world when we never tried a feminist world.

I do wear a lot of hats, and sometimes people get confused with all that I do, but one thing that I am extraordinarily passionate about is furthering women's rights. I think it's something that's incredibly important, not just for girls everywhere but also boys to get involved in.

Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.

I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.

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?

I would hope everyone would be a feminist.

I'm an ardent feminist.

This is a long-delayed, hard-won, and badly needed victory for millions of women.

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

We think of a feminist as someone a woman becomes in reaction to personal indignities and social injustices. But the truth is, such inequities only awaken her to the feminist she has always fundamentally been - that is, a person who understands that her first responsibility is to her own humanity. That's why, for my money, the first known use of the word 'feminist' is still the best, appearing in an 1895 book review: a woman who 'has in her the capacity of fighting her way back to independence.

It is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights.

I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central.

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

I love all those great 'f' words - feminism, folk music.

There's no doubt about it... I was born a feminist.

I'm a feminist because I believe in women... it's a heavy word, feminism, but it's not one I think we should run from. I'm proud to be a feminist.

I consider myself a feminist. My whole life has been about standing up for women, for anybody really, who's been abused.

Feminism is definitely a part of everything I do.

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

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.

I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.

Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about.

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.