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Quotes tagged “Womanhood”

“I have regular woman panties where the string goes up my crack. I have tits. I do sex. I'm carvin' my own path.”
— Judy Gemstone, The Righteous Gemstones, Season 1: And Yet One of You is a Devil
Tagged: Woman, Womanhood, thong, grown up
“We have pain on a cycle for years and years and years and then, just when you feel you are making peace with it all, what happens? The menopause comes. The fucking menopause comes and it is the most most wonderful fucking thing in the world! And, yes, your entire pelvic floor crumbles and you get fucking hot and no-one cares, but then you're free. No longer a slave, no longer a machine, with parts.”
— Belinda, Fleabag, Season 2: Episode 3
Tagged: Women, Womanhood, Menopause, Getting Older, Slave To Biology
“Women are born with pain built in. It's our physical destiny. Period pains, sore boobs, childbirth, you know. We carry it within ourselves throughout our lives. Men don't.”
— Belinda, Fleabag, Season 2: Episode 3
Tagged: Women, Being a woman, periods, Women vs. Men, Womanhood
“Men aren't and will never be in a position to tell women 'how to be a woman'. Impressing men isn't even a goal worth making.”
— Chidera Eggerue, Saggy Boobs Matter
Tagged: feminism, Womanhood, Goals, Men, Self-Worth
“I was given these opportunities that many girls weren't given and I was told I mattered. I was told my feelings matter, my emotions matter. I think that that's really rare.”
— Lisa Gungor, OPENING YOUR EYES TO WONDER
Tagged: feminism, Women, Womanhood, Equality, Matter, Feelings, emotions
“Hi, I’m a slut. What? You can’t be surprised when you spent my entire life deciding woman equals sexualized.”
— Savannah Brown, hi, i'm a slut
Tagged: Slut, Sexualized, Woman, Womanhood, feminism, sexuality
“We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.”
— Katherine Johnson, Katherine Johnson Quotes
Tagged: Assertive, aggressive, Women, Womanhood, feminism, Inspiring, Empowering
“Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.”
— Katherine Johnson, Katherine Johnson Quotes
Tagged: feminism, Women, Womanhood, Imagination, Equality, empowerment, Inspirational Quotes
“It was never a clear decision for me. I cautiously considered taking on the role of mother, but the more I did, the more unfamiliar my body became. I couldn’t comprehend the complexities, couldn’t imagine my stomach growing and all of the experiences that would follow. I was a stranger in my skin.”
— Natalie Holme, I'm Pro-Choice, But That Didn't Make Having an Abortion Easy
Tagged: Reproductive Rights, Womanhood
“i was forged
from
sugar,
spite,
&
everything
not-so-nice.”
— Amanda Lovelace
Tagged: Sugar, Spite, not-so-nice, Women, Womanhood, dark, Forged
“women
don’t endure
simply because
we can;
no,
women endure
because we aren’t
given any other
choice.
- they wanted us weak but forced us to be strong.”
— Amanda Lovelace
Tagged: Women, Womanhood, Endurance, Weak, Strong, Forced, Empowering, feminism
“if i ever
have a
daughter,
the first
thing
i will
teach her
to love
will be
the word
“no”
&
i will
not
let her feel
guilty
for using
it.
- “no” is short for “fuck off"”
— Amanda Lovelace
Tagged: Daughter, Women, no, Consent, fuck off, guilty, Empowering, Womanhood
“Sam Carter: I'm an Air Force officer just like you are, Colonel. And just because my reproductive organs are on the inside instead of the outside doesn't mean I can't handle whatever you can handle.

Jack O'Neill: Oh, this has nothing to do with you being a woman. I like women. I've just got a little problem with scientists.

Sam Carter: Oh, Colonel, I logged over 100 hours in enemy airspace during the Gulf War. Is that tough enough for you... or are we gonna have to arm wrestle?”
— Samantha Carter, Stargate SG-1, Season 1: Children of the Gods
Tagged: Sexism, feminism, Scientist, Womanhood, Colonel, Air Force, Officers, Gulf War, strength, Arm Wrestle
“Kristie Alley: I want my own television show. Is it so much to ask if I want my own television show again, since that's what I do for a living?

Sam Rascal: The reality is if you wanna get your own show, you're gonna have to lose some weight.

Kirstie Alley: Well, why can't I just get a show first and then lose the weight.

Sam Rascal: That's not the way it works, my friend.

Kirstie Alley: You know what, my friend, it does work that way with the guys. I mean, look at John Goodman, he's got his own show! And Jason Alexander? He looks like a fricken bowling ball, and how about James Gadol... uh... fino! He's like the size of a whale. He is way, way, way fatter than I am! Alright? And do you think... Sam, listen to me, listen to me! Do you think they said to Marlon Brando, listen, hey Marlon, you're a little bit too fuckin' fat to do Apocalypse.

Sam Rascal: But they are all men.

Kirstie Alley: I can play a man! I am an actress.”
— Kirstie Alley, Fat Actress, Season 1: Big Butts
Tagged: feminism, Show Business, Reality TV, actress, actors, Womanhood, Television, fat, humor, Sassy, Sexism
“Billie: This may sound a little nuts, but I'm thinking of going home with a guy who may be significantly younger than I am, and I need to know if the situation is desperate or empowering.

Olivia: Is he over eighteen?

Billie: Yup.

Olivia: Empowering!”
— Billie, Accidentally on Purpose, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Empowering, Desperate, Relationship, humor, Funny, Womanhood, Cougar, Dating
“Be who you are now. Be disappointing and cold and solitary if that’s who you are. It’s not a moral failure to be less than perfect, less than warm, less than social.”
— Heather Havrilesky, ‘Everything I Do Is Wrong’
Tagged: Identity, Womanhood
“I've been trying to figure out if I'm more Fraser or Randall. And I realized, I'm more you than I am either of my fathers. And if I can turn out to be half the woman you are, then I'll be fine.”
— Brianna Randall Fraser, Outlander, Book Three: Freedom & Whisky
Tagged: Family, Daughter, Motherhood, Womanhood, Love
“Morgan: Sabrina, what is my ex-boyfriend doing here?

Sabrina: Uh, he's my friend. And, besides, you said it was okay.

Morgan: I must have been tweezing or waxing at the time. You know you can't talk to me then!”
— Sabrina Spellman, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Season 5: Sabrina's Got Spirit
Tagged: awkward, Self-Care, waxing, Womanhood, party, breakup
“Roxie: Did you put in fresh batteries?

Sabrina: Yeah, I'm packing two Ds. And believe me, that's the first time I've ever said that.”
— Sabrina Spellman, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Season 5: House of Pi's
Tagged: Raunchy, Irreverent, joke, Womanhood
“Oh, you think the black man has a monopoly on suffering? You have no clue what black women go through, probably ‘cause you can’t get close to one, ‘cause you’re fucking whack. We deal with the same shit society heaps on you, then turn around and deal with the shit you heap on us.”
— Joelle Brooks, Dear White People, Volume 2: Chapter V
Tagged: Suffering, racism, Pain, Women, Womanhood, Intersectionality

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