A light hearted thread comparably to most in the topic, but I'm planning on printing a selection of feminist quotes , framing them, and hanging them in my cloakroom toilet. Sound odd I know but I have young girls and I think reading these regularly will be good and what's more- I just think it'll be cool
I'm opening with Simone de bouvoirs “Never forget that it only takes a political, economic or religious crisis for women's rights to be called into question. These rights can never be taken for granted. You must remain vigilant throughout your life.” As it's so currently relevant given yesterdays news re roe v wade
I'll counter the heavy with the classic "a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle " and maya angelous "Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women."
Do any of you have any favourites or suggestions to add to my womens wall?
Thanks
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Favourite Feminist quote?
kittenkipping · 26/06/2022 21:00
AgnesNaismith · 20/07/2022 14:51
@TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross thank you for that one, do you know of a similar quote appropriate for school age dd? I wish she hadn’t used the word ‘retarded’
TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 20/07/2022 10:31
I think about this a lot at work…
TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 20/07/2022 18:38
What age is your DD? I don’t know of anything similar that would suit primary school, I’m afraid. I use this with secondary school students but obviously am able to contextualise the swearing and so on with them.
AgnesNaismith · 20/07/2022 14:51
@TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross thank you for that one, do you know of a similar quote appropriate for school age dd? I wish she hadn’t used the word ‘retarded’
AgnesNaismith · 19/07/2022 12:52
‘Women have very little idea of how much men hate them’ - Germaine Greer
It isn’t uplifting or inspirational but it is raw and true.
Luxa · 23/07/2022 01:11
A recent one. 'Women do have vaginas, Nick.' - Liz Truss
abcd4321 · 02/08/2022 17:36
Personally and I know she has since gone off the rails down the trans rabbit-hole, I was very influenced by Naomi Wolf's 'The Beauty Myth'.
'A culture fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.'
She was also very strong on the dangers of unnecessary cosmetic surgery and predicted that men would eventually fall foul to it as well....and of course with trans surgical mutilation now all the rage......she was right.
Onlyhereforthebatshitneighbours · 02/08/2022 21:34
"Woman-made woman"
That's beautiful
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