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“We are aware that the gods of patriarchy are pale derivatives and reversals of ancient yet always Present Goddess(es). We suspect that phallocentric writers and artists who have even a glimmer of insight are sometimes made uncomfortable by their own state of deception. Those who have any awareness of the heinous crime of reversal which is patriarchy must be in a state of deep conflict and fear of...Her.”
― Mary Daly, Quintessence...Realizing the Archaic Future: A Radical Elemental Feminist Manifesto

“Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. Therefore, it is necessarily a struggle to eradicate the ideology of domination that permeates Western culture on various levels, as well as a commitment to reorganizing society so that the self-development of people can take precedence over imperialism, economic expansion, and material desires.”
― Bell Hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

“The crimes men commit against women aren’t done to women as random individuals; they’re done because women belong to a subordinate class and they’re done to keep women a subordinate class. The”
― Ruth Barrett, Female Erasure: What You Need To Know About Gender Politics War On Women, the Female Sex and Human Rights

“It is impossible to Name and Act against oppression if there are no Nameable oppressors.”
― Mary Daly