Dar Williams Quotes

Personally, I've realized that the tradition I thought of as too safe, too pretty, and too conventional is the space where women have been able to gain some practical ground. The area of music where we thought the status quo was really being upset - specifically hard rock - has actually remained the most male-dominated.

[T]he great social changes are impossible without the feminine ferment.

Despite erasure by the media and other patriarchal institutions, there was, by 1975, a substantial body of feminist writings as well as artwork, music, films, and organization of all kinds.

It's not odd to be a female in a band anymore. It's not odd to be a girl carrying a guitar case to a gig.

Whatever else it was about, the feminist movement had no interest in exploding the myth of the mysterious and wonderful world of business; it simply wanted in on it.

I was just nine years old when 'Straw Dogs' came out, so I can't really speak to the women of the time, but I can tell you that the women of 2011 are not put-upon, and they're not victims.

There are a lot more women drummers now than there used to be, and I'd like to think that I'm part of the reason.

I believe 'Lean In' has the power to change not only our outlook but also the world and that it will become a touchstone publication for a generation of women.

There's never going to be a new Beatles because we don't consume things in that way anymore.

I feel like in pop music and even indie music, there's this weird thing where women have been pitted against each other.

I am part of a movement that loves women into conversation and conversion. I am part of the pro-woman movement.

So long has the myth of feminine inferiority prevailed that women themselves find it hard to believe that their own sex was once and for a very long time the superior and dominant sex.

When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

Empower us women and we will change this whole entire world.

The one thing I feel is very hopeful, however, is the overwhelming participation of women in the movement for change.

People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong.

The strength of women and women's rights around the world are especially important because that affects children and families. And the cascade effect is remarkable.

There is no door at which the hand of woman has knocked for admission into a new field of toil but there have been found on the other side the hands of strong and generous men eager to turn it for her, almost before she knocks.

I believe in the power of the voice of women.

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.

It's a fact that within the space of a few decades, women have achieved a massive shift in the role they play - in the way they act in public, and in the way they have conquered areas of the working world that were until recently considered a man's domain.

Since the beginning of time, women have had to fight for what they deserve. I'm proud to be a part of a wave of strong women on TV!

Women are no longer victims. They have become leaders. They are at the forefront of the demonstrations. We will share a role in all aspects of life, side by side with men.

American women were frustrated in just the role of housewife - but they also managed to enlarge it. And they weren't just housewives, they were community leaders.

Now it's somewhat easier for a woman to be a film producer or something like that if she wants, though it's not that easy. But to be any kind of successful woman took a lot of doing in the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s... in the '70s it's getting simpler.