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Bestselling Author. Content Writer for Thought Catalog. Quotes about empowerment, healing, victory.
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800 quotes curated by Shahida Arabi:

“Must address this, though: 'I read it waiting for the moment when she took responsibility for what she did, or apologized..."

The absolute fucking gall. Only in a virulently misogynist culture are women expected to apologize for seeking some semblance of justice or reprieve.”
— Jessica Valenti, Jessica Valenti on Andrew Sullivan's victim-shaming article
Tagged: No Apologies, Whose Responsibility, Patriarchy, The Culture of Misogyny, victim-shaming, MeToo, #metoo, Justice
“And for all the pieces decrying INNOCENT MEN'S LIVES why does no one mention the men negatively impacted by the Shitty list were those whose wrongdoings were properly investigated & acted upon?”
— Jessica Valenti
Tagged: MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault, Stop Enabling Predators, The Myth of a Witch Hunt
“No one ever seems to be worried about people’s careers being derailed by rumors when those people are women.”
— Kimberly Carter
Tagged: Double Standards, MeToo, #metoo, Women's Careers, Sexual Assault Awareness
“Compare Andrew Sullivan’s NY mag piece today with Moira’s piece edited by The Cut and tell me you really don’t see what an immensely higher standard women are held to in all things.”
— Danielle Tcholakian
Tagged: Victim Shaming, Higher Standards for Women, Double Standards, MeToo, #metoo
“Don't you talk out of line
Don't go speaking out of your turn
Gotta listen to what the Man says
Time to make his stomach burn
Burn, burn, burn, burn”
— Bikini Kill, Double Dare Ya
Tagged: punk rock, Revolution!, Gender Stereotypes, Riot grrrl, Riot grrrl movement, Burn Baby Burn
“Hey girlfriend
I got a proposition goes something like this:
Dare ya to do what you want
Dare ya to be who you will
Dare ya to cry right out loud
'You get so emotional baby'”
— Bikini Kill, Double Dare Ya
Tagged: punk rock, Revolution!, Gender Stereotypes, Riot grrrl, Riot grrrl movement
“'Cause we're the queens of noise
Come and get it boys
Queens of noise
Not just one of your toys
Queens of noise”
— The Runaways, Queens Of Noise
Tagged: punk rock, Hard Rock, Song Lyrics, Girl Rock Bands, Females As Subjects, Female Rockstars
“Stone age love and strange sounds too
Come on, baby, let me get to you
Bad nights causing teenage blues
Get down ladies, you've got nothin' to lose”
— The Runaways, Cherry Bomb
Tagged: Wild Girl, Song Lyrics, Lyrics, Lyrics Quotes, Badass Women, Hard Rock, punk rock, Glam Punk, Glam Rock, Stone Age Love
“Hello, daddy. Hello, mom.
I'm your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Hello world! I'm your wild girl.
I'm your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!”
— The Runaways, Cherry Bomb
Tagged: Wild Girl, Song Lyrics, Lyrics, Lyrics Quotes, Badass Women, Hard Rock, punk rock, Glam Punk, Glam Rock
“So many roads and so much opinion
So much shit to give in, give in to
So many rules and so much opinion
So much bullshit but we won't give in”
— Le Tigre, Hot Topic
Tagged: Song Lyrics, Lyrics, Powerful Women, Breaking Barriers, Breaking the Rules, Feminist Anthems