Simone de Beauvoir

Words of a Woman

Simone de Beauvoir

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.

– Simone de Beauvoir

Madonna

Oprah

Princess Diana

Diana Vreeland

Sharon Stone

Arundhati Roy

Helen Mirren

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jhumpa Lahiri

Patti Smith

Georgia O’Keeffe

Gilda Radner

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Rachel Joy ● July, 12 2017, 7:18 / Reply

YES! ? THANK YOU!!
In conversations where I’ve dared to say what I feel about the way a lot of feminism is portrayed, and obviously not convey what I want through words properly… I wish I had this to quote! Maybe I wouldn’t sound so anti-feminist!
Jolain Muller ● July, 13 2017, 1:38 / Reply

Exactly! Power based on merit, not sex, race or religion. Something to strive for.
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Jorge Alexandre Teixeira ● July, 15 2017, 3:20 / Reply

Couldn’t agree more, Jolain !!!

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