Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Marie Steinemis an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist, who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth25 March 1934
CountryUnited States of America
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You can compel fear. You can even make someone feel they're in love if they're isolated and dependent for long enough. But laughter is free.
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When I had a fellowship at the Smithsonian, I asked for a couch in the office because I liked to lie down and take a break.
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What's so valuable about HBO is they tell stories. We learn from stories.
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Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.
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There's nothing automatic about political change, about liberation.
There's been the same kind of demonizing of the word 'feminism' as words like 'liberal,' 'affirmative action,' and so on.
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The women's movement in England was totally against Margaret Thatcher.
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The question of whether one has one's own political power or goes to work for someone else is not only a feminist question.
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The caste systems of sex and race are interdependent and can only be uprooted together.
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Perhaps McCain has opposed affirmative action for so long that he doesn't know it's about inviting more people to meet standards, not lowering them.
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One's enemies are always talking about 'post-feminism.' It is a word invented by people who would like to do away with feminism.
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It's easier to blame the person with less power.
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I'm lucky I don't make my living in front of the camera.
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I was the first woman to speak ever at the National Press Club, and they gave me a necktie.