Bailey Basham

“A woman's issues of soul cannot be treated by carving her into a more acceptable form as defined by an unconscious culture, nor can she be bent into a more intellectually acceptable shape by those who claim to be the sole bearers of consciousness. No, that is what has already caused millions of women who began as strong and natural powers to become outsiders in their own cultures.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

“Better? I say, in a small voice. How can he think this is better?

Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“The biggest reason I shoes away from embracing the narrative [of being a woman for women] is that Storytelling requires a receptive audience, and I’ve never felt like the American electorate was receptive to this one. I wish so badly we were a country where candidate who said, ‘ my story is the story of a life shaped by and devoted to the movement for women’s liberation’ would be cheered, not jeered. But that’s not who we are. Not yet.”
― Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton's Guide to Pokemon Go: Foreword by Donald Trump

“Donald Trump didn’t invent sexism, and its impact on our politics goes far beyond this one election. It’s like a planet that astronomers haven’t precisely located yet but know exists because they can see its impact on other planets’ orbits and gravities. Sexism exerts its pull on our politics and our society every day, in ways both subtle and crystal clear.”
― Hillary Rodham Clinton, What Happened