Moxie Feminist Quotes

... it occurs to me that this is what it means to be a feminist. Not a humanist or an equalist or whatever. But a feminist. It’s not a bad word. After today it might be my favorite word. Because really all it is is girls supporting each other and wanting to be treated like human beings in a world that’s always finding ways to tell them they’re not.

It’s like I’m living in a feminist fantasy,” Lucy says. “But it can’t be a complete fantasy because Roxane Gay isn’t here.

This is what it means to be a feminist. Not a humanist or an equalist or whatever. But a feminist. It's not a bad word. After today it might be my favorite word. Because really all it is is girls supporting each other and wanting to be treated like human beings in a world that's always finding ways to tell them they're not.

At my old school I was vice president of this club called GRIT,” Lucy tells us. “It stood for Girls Respecting and Inspiring Themselves. It was, like, a feminist club.

It occurs to me that this is what it means to be a feminist. Not a humanist or an equalist or whatever. But a feminist. It’s not a bad word. After today it might be my favourite word. Because really all it is is girls supporting each other and wanting to be treated like human beings in a world that’s always finding ways to tell them they’re not.

-Lo digo en serio- continúa Lucy-. Es una mierda ¿Hacer que las chicas moderen su comportamiento y su apariencia porque al parecer los chicos no pueden controlarse? Ese es el cuento más viejo de todos -.

It occurs to me that this is what it’s like to be a feminist. Not humanist or equalist or whatever. But a feminist. It’s not a bad word. After tonight, it might be my favourite word. Because all it is, is girls supporting each other and wanting to be treated like human beings in a world that’s always finding a way to tel, them they’re not.