Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

Quote by Gloria Steinem

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I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic...

I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic...

For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a...

For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a...

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair...

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair...

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

In my own mind, I am still a fat brunette from Toledo, and I always...

In my own mind, I am still a fat brunette from Toledo, and I always...

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth.

We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth.

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in...

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in...

Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power

Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal...

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal...

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we...

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we...

Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.

America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.

A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.

A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back...

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back...