I am a feminist because...

“I am a Feminist because…I believe there is a difference between knowing I can do everything myself and having the confidence to let someone else share the spotlight, workload, or responsibilities with me.”  --Lena E. Finch

Spontaneously my two year old grandsons sang "Twinkle,Twinkle"
Taught with fervor by their grandmothers and mother
Their grandfather and father joined in with laughter and soft eyes.
How do we combat family violence and rape?
we fill " how I wonder what you are " with unwounded awe and soft eyes.

Walking the rugged terrain
Dressed in decorated leather belt and
mastectomy scar
Deep blue glacial eyes boring into mine
"Do not pity me. I have met the unspeakable.
I AM. "
Her vulnerable warrior soul roaring across my
untested woman's landscape
Coloring the power,love and endurance
of women.”
--Margaret Pittenger

“I am a feminist because I don’t know another way to be.  I was firmly convinced as a child growing up that there wasn’t anything I couldn’t do as well as or better than a boy.  I feel the same way now.  Only now they don’t make me want to puke. Usually.”
--CJ Bryant

I am a feminist because I respect the women that came before me.  I respect the path paved for me.  I am a feminist because my mother instilled in me the respect for self that I carry with me every day.  I am a feminist because I believe in continuing to forge the path paved for me in order to ensure my daughters, and my daughter’s daughters have even more opportunities than I.  I am a feminist because I believe in femininity, its strength and nurturing quality.  I am a feminist.  -Melanie Helser

I am as capable as any man. The fact that I have a uterus should not denote me as lesser.Thank God, my mother raised me with the message "learn to type so you can always get a job. You must always be able to depend upon yourself." Women are expected to raise the kids, clean the house, cook the meals, nurture the family and hold down a job--and they DO! --Diane Derzis