international women’s day

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I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves – Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

One is not born a woman, but becomes one – Simone de Beauvoir

A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience – Naomi Wolf

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued – Aung San Suu Kyi

Extremists have shown what frightens them the most: a girl with a book – Malala Yousafzai

Feminism is the radical notion that women are people – Marie Shear

International Women’s Day – #makeithappen

International Women’s Day – this year’s theme, #pledgeforparity