The reason the word Feminism has power is because the concept has power and the reason it has power is because people are still afraid of it.
The fact that ‘attention seeking’ is still considered a slur says much about the role of women in public life, on every scale. - Laurie Penny
The fact that ‘attention seeking’ is still considered a slur says much about the role of women in public life, on every scale.
- Laurie Penny
Public 'career feminists' have been more concerned with getting more women into 'boardrooms,' when the problem is that there are altogether too many … - Laurie Penny
Public 'career feminists' have been more concerned with getting more women into 'boardrooms,' when the problem is that there are altogether too many …
The reason the word Feminism has power is because the concept has power and the reason it has power is because people are still afraid of it. - Laurie Penny
Everyone who was ever told a fairytale knows what happens to women who do their own magic. - Laurie Penny
Everyone who was ever told a fairytale knows what happens to women who do their own magic.
Femininity itself has become a brand, a narrow and shrinking formula of commoditised identity which can be sold back to women who have become alienat… - Laurie Penny
Femininity itself has become a brand, a narrow and shrinking formula of commoditised identity which can be sold back to women who have become alienat…
Men grow up expecting to be the hero of their own story. Women grow up expecting to be the supporting actress in somebody else's I refuse to burn my … - Laurie Penny
Men grow up expecting to be the hero of their own story. Women grow up expecting to be the supporting actress in somebody else's I refuse to burn my …
If all women on earth woke up tomorrow feeling truly positive and powerful in their own bodies, the economies of the globe would collapse overnight. - Laurie Penny
If all women on earth woke up tomorrow feeling truly positive and powerful in their own bodies, the economies of the globe would collapse overnight.
The best way to stop girls achieving anything is to force them to achieve everything. - Laurie Penny
The best way to stop girls achieving anything is to force them to achieve everything.
The problem is capitalism. The problem is that in order to sell seven billion people on the necessity of globalisation, we've created a moral univers… - Laurie Penny
The problem is capitalism. The problem is that in order to sell seven billion people on the necessity of globalisation, we've created a moral univers…
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