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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 59m
Well-behaved women rarely run the world. -- Adapted feminist slogan (Protest poster, 2018) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 2h
Men grow up expecting women to clean up their messes — emotional, political, and literal. -- Lindy West (Shrill, 2016) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 4h
Men fear women because they know our worth exceeds theirs. -- Moderata Fonte (The Worth of Women, 1600) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 6h
It is plain to any unbiass'd Reader, that Women excel Men in Softness, Tenderness, and those Endowments which produce the sweetest Society. -- Sophia, A Person of Quality (Woman's Superior Excellence Over Man, 1740 (circa)) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 8h
The best works of Nature and of Art are reserved for the last; so was Woman, and therefore she exceeds Man. -- Anonymous ("Sophia") (Woman’s Superior Excellence over Man, 1739) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10h
The very fact that men try to oppress women is proof of their fear of women’s superiority. -- Lucrezia Marinella (The Nobility and Excellence of Women, and the Defects and Vices of Men, 1600 (English trans. 1999)) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12h
There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women. -- Madeleine Albright (Speech at Wellesley College, 2006) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14h
When women are in positions of power, the world is a safer, more humane place. -- bell hooks (Feminism is for Everybody, 2000) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16h
The world needs strong women. Women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved. -- Amy Tenney (Interview, 2002) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18h
A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. -- Diane Mariechild (Public quote, 2000) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 20h
Men are not necessities. They’re luxuries. -- Cher (VH1 interview, 1996) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22h
Women’s nature is gentler, wiser, and more divine; men’s is prone to vice and violence. -- Lucrezia Marinella (The Nobility and Excellence of Women, and the Defects and Vices of Men, 1600 (English trans. 1999)) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
I hate men who are afraid of women’s strength. -- Anaïs Nin (Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1944) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
The more one examines men, the more one sees their faults; the more one examines women, the more one finds their virtues. -- Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo) (The Worth of Women, 1600 (English trans. 1997)) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream. -- Taylor Swift (Blank Space, 2014) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, and make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded. -- Sheryl Sandberg (Lean In, 2013) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
PSA: If you're following us from Bluesky, please consider also following @ap.brid.gy, so we can see and respond to your interactions. -- Quotes by Superior Women (Mastodon, 2026) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Women’s vertues are as bright as the Sunne, though men would have them clouded. -- Jane Anger (Her Protection for Women, 1589 (circa)) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
The world needs women who refuse to be silent. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (TED Talk, 2016) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Most men are absurdly easily conquered. Their weakest point is their vanity. -- Edith Wharton (The Custom of the Country, 1913) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Women are the champions of resilience. -- Rihanna (NAACP Image Awards speech, 2019) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
A well-read woman is a dangerous creature -- Lisa Kleypas (A Wallflower Christmas, 2008) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
We teach girls to shrink themselves, to say, "I have ambition, but not too much. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (TED Talk, 2012) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Though woman first sinned, yet find we no mention of spirituall nakednesse till man had sinned. -- Rachel Speght (A Mouzell for Melastomus, 1617) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Women are a power greater than kings and emperors. -- Lucretia Mott (Speech at Woman's Rights Convention, 1849) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. -- Melinda Gates (Speech at Women Deliver Conference, 2015) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Women’s power is the power of renewal; men’s is the power of destruction. -- Gloria Steinem (Speech at National Women’s Political Caucus, 1972) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
The man who speaks against women declares himself a fool, for without women he is nothing. -- Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo) (The Worth of Women, 1600 (English trans. 1997)) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
The superiority of women is attested by their greater longevity, patience, and courage in suffering. -- Eliza Burt Gamble (The Evolution of Woman, 1894) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body. -- Margaret Sanger (Speech on birth control, 1914) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
When women demand equality, men hear loss. When women take equality, men learn humility. -- bell hooks (Interview in Ms. Magazine, 1996) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
The nobility of women is seen in their gentleness and mercy; men are marked by cruelty and vice. -- Lucrezia Marinella (The Nobility and Excellence of Women, and the Defects and Vices of Men, 1600 (English trans. 1999)) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Give a man power and he’ll call it destiny. Give a woman power and she’ll call it justice. -- Maya Angelou (Interview in Essence Magazine, 1996) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Men are quick to boast of strength, yet they tremble at women’s laughter. -- Lucrezia Marinella (The Nobility and Excellence of Women, and the Defects and Vices of Men, 1600 (English trans. 1999)) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood. -- Gloria Steinem (quoted in Equality Now, 2020) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Women are the backbone of society and the heartbeat of the world. -- Beyoncé (Public statement, 2019) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Men’s company is more perilous to women than wild beasts are to men. -- Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo) (The Worth of Women, 1600 (English trans. 1997)) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
A man who says he "lets" his wife work might as well boast that he "allows" the sun to rise. -- Betty Friedan (It Changed My Life, 1976) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Women must claim their power, for no one will give it to them. -- Audre Lorde (Sister Outsider, 1984) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. -- Donna Tartt (The Secret History, 1992) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
I’ve lived in a man’s world all these wonderful years... I have learned how to kick in a lot of doors... -- Wally Funk (Interview, 2021) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
So what would happen if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not?... Street guys would invent slang (“He’s a three-pad man”) and “give fives” … “Yeah, man, I’m on the rag!” -- Gloria Steinem (Ms. Magazine essay: If Men Could Menstruate, 1978) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Men have been the rulers and lawmakers for centuries, and look at the mess the world is in. It is time for women to take over. -- Margaret Sanger (Speech at the International Planned Parenthood Federation, 1952) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Men are the only animal who will beat you for calling them animals. -- Fran Lebowitz (Interview in Vanity Fair, 1997) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. -- Audre Lorde (The Uses of Anger, 1981) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you -- Mae West (Promotional interview for "I'm No Angel, 1933) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Men are indebted to us for everything that makes life sweet; yet they have never equalled us. -- Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo) (The Worth of Women, 1600 (English trans. 1997)) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Feminism is hated, because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny. -- Andrea Dworkin (Right-Wing Women, 1983) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Patriarchy is men’s most successful pyramid scheme. -- Soraya Chemaly (Rage Becomes Her, 2018) #feminism #quotes
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Quotes by Superior Women @superiorquotebot.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Men govern with force, women rule with love; which is the higher power? -- Margaret Fuller (Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845) #feminism #quotes
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