Caitlin Moran Quotes

'Feminism' is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isn't it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldn't it?

To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.

In truth, I don't care about making feminism more accessible to anyone.

If we're for one another, we're feminists. The rest is semantics.

You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights.

I realize now that I was a feminist and the minute I heard the word I certainly knew it meant me, but at that time I don't think we had the label yet. But there's no doubt about it that I was born a feminist.

So, when the discussion about not using the term feminist came up at a conference workshop, I couldn't believe it. The more I listened, the more I felt the need to express my passion about my identity as a feminist.

If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '

The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.

I do consider myself a feminist, yeah. Totally.

My nature is feminist. How could you not be a feminist and be alive? The world is full of brilliant, interesting women.

I've always considered myself a feminist. But, like a lot of women of my generation, I didn't think we had to fight for it. I thought it was all done. I took so much for granted.

How can you not be a feminist if you have a brain in your head? If you're not a feminist, then you're a problem.

I don't mind the term 'feminist.'

You had a generation of women, of which I'm part, where it was a stigma to be associated with feminism; there was a backlash. Now you have a generation that is clearly embracing feminism because, at the end of the day, the definition of feminism is just equality.

Feminism has always been a theme that I'm very interested in.

I am 150 percent the first person to say it: I am a feminist through and through.

There is no question I consider myself a feminist, but I also think the term 'feminist' has become a topical thing to say without backing it up with any real action.

I keep saying this: If you're not a feminist, you're a bad person.

All women are feminists, whether they know it or not.

I am a feminist with a capital 'F' .

Feminism starts out being very simple, and it ends up being a world view that questions hierarchy altogether.

I feel like we need to understand feminism more as a tool to mediate, counteract, to ultimately defeat patriarchy and restore balance to our government, our culture and our ways of thinking and structuring the world. I think we've had a very "masculine" sensibility for a long time, and I think we need to go back to the roots of social imbalance. I think we have to try to right that first, and from there and all these more pressing issues will follow.

The goals of the feminist movement have not been achieved, and those who claim we're living in a post-feminist era are either sadly mistaken or tired of thinking about the whole subject.

For many people, feminism is one of those words of which, as St. Augustine said about time, they know the meaning as long as no one is asking.