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Judith Butler Philosopher, Gender Theorist
Feminism

"I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality."

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Bell Hooks Author, Feminist, Social Activist
Feminism

"Feminism has never emerged from the women who are most victimized by sexist oppression; women who are daily beaten down, mentally, physically, and spiritually - women who are powerless to change their condition in life. They are a silent majority."

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Emma Goldman Anarchist, Political Activist, Writer
Feminism

"True, the movement for woman's rights has broken many old fetters, but it has also forged new ones."

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Bell Hooks Author, Feminist, Social Activist
Feminism

"Feminism as a theoretical enterprise is approached differently by Black women depending on where we are. There are more reformist Black women who tend to use the phrase "Black feminism"."

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Bell Hooks Author, Feminist, Social Activist
Feminism

"Power feminism is just another scam in which women get to play patriarchs and pretend that the power we seek and gain liberates us."

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Yoko Ono Artist, Musician, Activist
Feminism

"There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all."

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Yoko Ono Artist, Musician, Activist
Feminism

"There's nothing bad about feminism. We have to help each other, because there's a lot of women in the world who are suffering because the fact is we're not equal. It's as plain as that. It's still a men's world. I don't know. We'll go on with it."

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