… We're here now, women are in the world, and we will not be bullied." Meryl Streep | 30 | "You could make a case that, along with the technological revolution, the most provocative upending destabilizing thrilling change in the course of human history is that we’re finally in it. Because ma’am, I’m all of those things.” Lizzo | 29 | And if that’s body-positive to you, amen. I’m going to still be telling my life story through music. When all the dust has settled on the groundbreaking-ness, I’m going to still be doing this. We have to step up as women and take the lead." Beyoncé | 28 | "We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware of, but that's just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history-empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves." Hillary Clinton | 27 | "Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. "We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored." Sheryl Sandberg | 26 | I just want to work until there are fewer and fewer ‘first and only’s.” Raquel Willis | 25 | “I’ve been in so many spaces where I’m the first and only Black trans woman or trans woman period. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop. The more I have spoken about feminism the more I have realized that fighting for women's rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. "There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish." Michelle Obama | 15 | “I can promise you that women working together – linked, informed and educated – can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.” Isabelle Allende | 14 | Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female.'" Erin McKean | 13 | You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. I want to give women a space to feel their own strength and tell their stories. continue to support and take care of each other. “I want to build a community where women of all races can communicate and. A lot of what feminism is about is moving outside of roles and moving outside of expectations of who and what you're supposed to be to live a more authentic life." Laverne Cox | 11 | "I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. "It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." Madeleine Albright | 10 | Women are always saying, 'We can do anything that men can do.' But men should be saying, 'We can do anything that women can do.' Do it anyway.” Alexandria Ocasio Cortez | 4 | “They'll tell you you're too loud, that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Women are already strong, it's about changing the way the world perceives that strength." G.D. "Feminism isn't about making women stronger. “Hear me as a woman./Have me as your sister./On purpled battlefield breaking day,/So I might say our victory is just beginning,/See me as change,/Say I am movement,/That I am the year,/and I am the era/of the women.” Amanda Gorman | 2 | To commemorate International Women's Day, we've gathered 75 empowering quotes by feminist trailblazers who have embraced the power of their womanhood-and who will inspire you to do the same. But today's influential female voices give us hope that we’re headed in the right direction. The road to gender equality remains long and ever-shifting-particularly when it comes to the nuanced ways gender intersects with race, class, and sexuality.
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