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Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

Gloria Steinem

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.
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Army Choice Dirty Embrace Herself Human Joke Sister Support Treat Warn Woman
I have me brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.
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Brave Courage Explore Finding Guide History Human Move Possible Vulnerable Women Word
We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.
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Generation Knowledge Learning Teaching
Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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Believe Myself One Liner Reading Writing
The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
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Equality Man Vote Women
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
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Marriage Ourselves Women Empowerment
So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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Barrier Boundary Feminism Gender Serious Sex
Behave like everything you do matters.
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Act Matter Self Love Value Worth Yourself
Women have two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
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Choice Feminism One Liner Women
Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere. It’s not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It’s about baking a new pie.
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Bake Creation Existence Fair Feminism Job Life Pieces Women
A lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.
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Age Generation Life Live Mom Ourselves
Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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Empowerment Power Process
I think that we need to change the culture, not blame the people that are playing the only game that exists.
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Blame Change Culture Myself Thinking
I believe that transgender people, including those who have transitioned, are living out real, authentic lives. Those lives should be celebrated, not questioned. Their health care decisions should be theirs and theirs alone to make.
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Acceptance Authentic Believe Celebration Myself People Question
Women tend to be conservative in youth and get more radical as they get older because they lose power with age. So, if a young woman is not a feminist, I say, just wait.
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The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.
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Environment Feminism Human Purpose Understand Unique

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