gender equality
Equal rights and treatment for women and men, and what feminism is for.
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- DH
David Heinemeier Hansson quoted
Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals
Their wordsBut there's something that's just not right in the analysis that children are a burden and that if woman chooses to stay at home with the kids, that that some sort of failure mode of feminist ambition. I think that's actually a complete dead end.
↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474youtube.com 37th of 36 in this recording
- 5 years earlier
- RI
Rihanna quoted
Barbadian singer and businesswoman (Robyn Rihanna Fenty)…
Their wordswe can only fix this world together. We can’t do it divided. I cannot emphasize that enough. We can’t let the de-sensitivity seep in. The, “If it’s your problem, then it’s not mine; It’s a woman’s problem; It’s a black people problem; It’s a poor people problem.”
↗Rihanna’s NAACP Image Awards President’s Award acceptance speech, 22 February 2020, as printed in full by Variety (“Rihanna Pleads for Equality at NAACP Image Awards: ‘Tell Your Friends to Pull Up’”, 22 February 2020)variety.com 1st of 2 in this piece
- 2 months earlier
- TS
Taylor Swift quoted
American singer-songwriter (born 1989) who released…
Their wordsWomen in music, on stage or behind the scenes, are not allowed to coast. We are held at a higher, sometimes impossible-feeling standard.
↗Taylor Swift's Woman of the Decade acceptance speech, Billboard Women in Music, Hollywood Palladium, 12 December 2019 (full text as published by Billboard)billboard.com 1st of 2 in this piece
- 9 months earlier
- TS
Taylor Swift quoted
Their wordsI’ve learned that society is constantly sending very loud messages to women that exhibiting the physical signs of aging is the worst thing that can happen to us. These messages tell women that we aren’t allowed to age. It’s an impossible standard to meet
↗30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30 (essay by Taylor Swift, ELLE, 6 March 2019)elle.com 1st of 4 in this piece
- 13 months earlier
- NP
Natalie Portman quoted
Israeli-born American actor and filmmaker who won…
Their wordsThe response to my expression, from small comments about my body to more threatening deliberate statements, served to control my behavior through an environment of sexual terrorism.
- 13 days earlier
- OW
Oprah Winfrey quoted
American television host, producer
Their wordsFor too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of those men. But their time is up.
↗Read Oprah Winfrey's full Cecil B. DeMille acceptance speech transcript (Golden Globes, 7 January 2018; ABC7, 8 January 2018)abc7.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 7 days earlier
- EW
Emma Watson quoted
English actor, Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films…
Their wordsI have since learned that being a feminist is more than a single choice or decision. It’s an interrogation of self. Every time I think I’ve peeled all the layers, there’s another layer to peel.
↗First Book of 2018! Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (her letter to Our Shared Shelf, Goodreads, 31 December 2017)goodreads.com 1st of 2 in this piece
- EW
Emma Watson quoted
Our readingA white feminist does better to ask how she has benefited from being white than to resent the label
Their wordsIt would have been more useful to spend the time asking myself questions like: What are the ways I have benefited from being white? In what ways do I support and uphold a system that is structurally racist? How do my race, class and gender affect my perspective?
↗First Book of 2018! Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (her letter to Our Shared Shelf, Goodreads, 31 December 2017)goodreads.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 4 months earlier
- RI
Rihanna quoted
Their wordsI have friends of all races, all skin tones, and I think it's painful to exclude anyone. Women love makeup and they should all be included.
- 6 months earlier
- EW
Emma Watson quoted
Their wordsFeminism is not a stick with which to beat other women.
- 5 months earlier
- EW
Emma Watson quoted
Their wordsThe university experience must tell women that their brain power is valued. And not just that, but that they belong within the leadership of the university itself
↗Emma Watson Delivers Powerful Speech On Campus Sexual Assault (Grazia, 21 September 2016; her UN speech at the HeForShe University Parity Report launch)graziadaily.co.uk 1st of 2 in this piece
- 5 months earlier
- EW
Emma Watson quoted
Our readingSustainable fashion is a feminist issue
Their wordsThis is absolutely a feminist issue
- 19 months earlier
- EW
Emma Watson quoted
Our readingFighting for women's rights has too often been equated with man-hating, and that has to stop
Their wordsthe 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. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop.
↗Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too (speech launching HeForShe, United Nations Headquarters, New York; UN Women, 20 September 2014)unwomen.org 1st of 4 in this piece
- EW
Emma Watson quoted
Their wordsAnd if you still hate the word—it is not the word that is important but the idea and the ambition behind it.
↗Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too (speech launching HeForShe, United Nations Headquarters, New York; UN Women, 20 September 2014)unwomen.org 2nd of 4 in this piece
- EW
Emma Watson quoted
Their wordsWe don’t often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that that they are and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence.
↗Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too (speech launching HeForShe, United Nations Headquarters, New York; UN Women, 20 September 2014)unwomen.org 3rd of 4 in this piece
- EW
Emma Watson quoted
Their wordsBoth men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong… It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals.
↗Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too (speech launching HeForShe, United Nations Headquarters, New York; UN Women, 20 September 2014)unwomen.org 4th of 4 in this piece