- Nov 07, 2020
Woman Quotes
On being seen, and being heard, as a woman.
This set touches on the extra scrutiny women face in performance careers and the emotional stakes of being noticed romantically. For related identity-focused lines, see I Am.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
All-powerful is a woman who doesn't need to be beautiful, but she has so much attitude that she is marvellous, she is powerful.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2007, I sold my first book, 'Grimspace.' It says it's SF on the spine. I believe it to be SF, though it's certainly written differently. I write in first person, present tense, and the protagonist is a woman with a woman's thoughts, feelings, and sexual desires.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a woman. I write SF. And it's not acceptable to treat me as anything less than an equal. I won't stand for it.
- Excluded
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've held my silence when I probably shouldn't have. But I was in the minority, a woman writing SF, and I was afraid of career backlash. I was afraid of being excluded or losing opportunities if I didn't play nice.
- Complex Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I truly feel that being a woman, and particularly a mother, has had a large impact on my campaign.
- Improvement
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have something to prove, as long as I know there's something that needs improvement, and you know that everytime I move, I make a woman's movement.
- Right
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- Nov 07, 2020
My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went from being a jobbing actress who was just earning a living to being the second most photographed woman in Britain, next to Princess Diana - but it was exciting, too, and I wouldn't have swapped it for a second.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My passion is writing, but it is also a fight because I still see home as a woman's duty.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I've learned about being trans in transition is just that sometimes good things don't happen when you try to rush things. Just as a young girl grows into a young woman, you know, we transition; we grow into our bodies the same way.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
The art of what they call female impersonation, or the drag shows, really helped me to hone what type of woman I was.
- Beard
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's hurtful is when you have portrayals like, you know, when you have someone like Jared Leto who accepts an award for 'Dallas Buyers Club,' after playing a trans woman, standing in a full beard and looking fully cis male: it is communicating to our audiences that underneath all of that, it's still a man under that.
- Annihilate
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- Nov 07, 2020