"How to Be a Woman" Quotes
A humorous and candid memoir exploring feminism and womanhood in modern society.
nonfiction | 312 pages | Published in 2011
Quotes
We need to reclaim the word ‘feminism’. We need the word ‘feminism’ back real bad.
We must recall the moment when women formed a solid, unbroken line. We must remember that we are a barricade that will not break.
Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat.
When it comes to the subject of sexism, I’ve often found that people will try to change the subject. They’ll talk about the subject of racism, or classism, or whatever - but never about the subject of sexism.
It's difficult to see the glass ceiling because it’s made of glass. Virtually invisible. What we need is for more birds to fly above it and shit all over it, so we can see it properly.
The purpose of freedom is to free someone else.
We need to live in a culture that sees the equality of men and women as a normal, natural, and unremarkable thing.
We need to reclaim the word 'feminine'. We need to reclaim the word 'masculine' too. Men and women should be free to be sensitive, nurturing, assertive, and compassionate.
We need to stop defining ourselves by what we are not, and start defining ourselves by who we are.
We need to raise our daughters more like our sons, and our sons more like our daughters.




