Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes

My husband is a feminist!

We're told that to be successful girls, we have to be small and quiet. Yet to be successful humans, we have to become big and have a voice. There's an inherent contradiction.

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

One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.

What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine.

Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

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 consider myself a feminist living in a post-feminist era.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

I do consider myself to be a feminist.

To be a feminist is to be alive.

I wouldn't say I'm a feminist, but I don't like girls pretending to be stupid because it's easier.

When you read about the real history of where feminism comes from, it came from a very political point of view. I don't believe in bringing any politics to an idea like feminism. I love the idea that women should be celebrated, but I also believe men should be, too. We need both - yin and yang.

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.

Topple the Patriarchy

I get so many questions in interviews about feminism, and I think the second you start separating femininity and masculinity and giving one more power than the other, that's like - everyone is a person.

How can you not be a feminist if you have a brain in your head? If you're not a feminist, then you're a problem.

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.

My own belief is all men should be feminists, and with enthusiasm.

I think we still have a long way to go in understanding that feminist and femininity are not opposites.

We're not hard-core feminists. We like men and we like to have fun with them. But we also want men to think about females in different ways.

Every time a confident, successful woman like Marissa Meyer distances herself from feminism, I think of Athena. Athena women, with all their brilliance and strategy, are the ones smashing up through layers of glass. They tend to identify with men, keeping femininity at a distance.

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