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“When feminism falls short of our expectations, we decide the problem is with feminism rather than with the flawed people who act in the name of the movement.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist: Essays

“What will people say, you running off to Memphis like you don't have a house to look after?
Shug say, Albert. Try to think like you got some sense. Why any woman give a shit what people think is a mystery to me.
Well, say Grady, trying to bring light. A woman can't git a man if peoples talk.
Shug look at me and us giggle. Then us sure nuff. Then Squeak start to laugh. Then Sofia. All us laugh and laugh.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

“I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

“I mean, I feel secure in my masculinity, too. Being secure in your masculinity isn't the same as being straight.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda