I remember her on the screen, huge as a colossus doll, mincing and whispering and simply hoping her way into total vulnerability.
Gloria SteinemI have met brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and the courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.
Gloria SteinemIf the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?
Gloria SteinemAs the little boy said when asked if he wanted to be a lawyer like his mother, "Oh no, that's women's work." Logic has nothing to do with oppression.
Gloria SteinemGod may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.
Gloria SteinemLaw and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
Gloria SteinemWomen may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
Gloria SteinemWriting...keeps me from believing everything I read.
Gloria SteinemA woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.
Gloria SteinemWork is valued by the social value of the worker.
Gloria SteinemHowever sugarcoated and ambiguous, every form of authoritarianism must start with a belief in some group's greater right to power, whether that right is justified by sex, race, class, religion or all four. However far it may expand, the progression inevitably rests on unequal power and airtight roles within the family.
Gloria Steinem