African Feminist Quotes

#1. At some point I was a Happy African Feminist Who Does Not Hate Men and Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and High Heels for Herself and Not For Men.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#2. So I decided I would now be a Happy African Feminist Who Does Not Hate Men. At some point I was a Happy African Feminist Who Does Not Hate Men And Who Likes To Wear Lip Gloss And High Heels For Herself And Not For Men. Of

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#3. I love emotional, intense stuff; it's easier to grab onto than just being simple. Being simple and relaxed can be the hardest thing. It can be easier to get your hooks into something big.

Mark Pellegrino

#4. In nude protests, the very same body that is objectified and subjected to endless scrutiny and policing is used to reclaim power.

Malebo Sephodi

#5. Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader.

Camille Paglia

#6. Prayer sweeps the battlefield, slays the enemy, and buries the bones.

Charles Spurgeon

#7. Feminist is so heavy with baggage, negative baggage: You hate men, you hate bras, you hate African culture, you think women should always be in charge, you don't wear makeup, you don't shave, you're always angry, you don't have a sense of humor, you don't use deodorant.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#8. Be yourselves, be spunky, be spontaneous. Low-maintenance is always the biggest plus in the world ...

Ryan Follese

#9. And that makes us (black women) feel like we have spokespeople, because everybody we encounter feels they have a piece of you and can tell you how to live your life

Malebo Sephodi

#10. Although a life-long fashion dropout, I have absorbed enough by reading Harper's Bazaar while waiting at the dentist's to have grasped that the purpose of fashion is to make A Statement. My own modest Statement, discerned by true cognoscenti, is, Woman Who Wears Clothes So She Won't Be Naked.

Molly Ivins

#11. I suggest that Black feminist thought consists of specialised knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for Black women. In other words, Black feminist thought encompasses theoretical interpretations of Black women's reality by those who live it.

Patricia Hill Collins

#12. What should we be doing in the meantime?"
"All of the things you will look back on fondly later when you have not been able to do them for a long time.

Neal Stephenson