Ten women who marked their time, ten excerpts for equality
The importance of feminine writers in feminist history is invaluable, as literature has always been a dynamic and decisive place for the expression and empowerment of female voices.
Their literature is not only an art, but also a way of recognizing and representing the experiences, contradictions and struggles of women on a social, political and personal level.
The list below is a series of excerpts that overflow with female empowerment.
Virginia Wolf, a room of mine
« Lock your libraries if you want- but there is no gate, no lock, no screw that you can put in the freedom of my mind. »
Virginia woolf
Maya Angelou, « I'm still standing »
'You can write me in the story
With your bitter, distorted lies,
You can press me on the soil …
But again, like dust, I'll get up. «
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists
« I want to be respectful of me in all my femininity because I deserve it. »
Jane Sun, stubborn
« I love to hear you talk about all women as if they were beautiful ladies instead of reasonable creatures. None of us wants to be in calm waters in all her life. «
Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey
'I want to apologize to all the women I have called beautiful
Before I call them smart or brave…
From now on I will say things like
You are durable, or you are excellent.
Not because I don't think you're beautiful
But because I want you to know
that you are more than that. «
Erica Jong, the fear of flight
« One day, every woman will have an orgasm – as every family has a color TV – and we will all be able to continue the work of life. »
Simon de Bovar, the second sex
« The representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of the people- they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. »
Simone de Beauvoir 1955
Silvia Plath, The Bell Jar
« The problem was that I hated the idea of serving men in any way. I wanted to dictate my fascinating letters. «
Ann Frank, the diary of a young girl
« I know what I want, I have a goal, a view … let me be myself and then I'm satisfied. I know I'm a woman, a woman with inner strength and plenty of courage. «
Charlotte Bride, Jane Eyre
« I'm not a bird- and no net is trapped- I'm a free man with independent will, which I now exercise to leave you. »
