Het mag je niet ontgaan zijn: vandaag 8 maart is Internationale Vrouwendag. We vieren dat vrouwen 100 jaar stemrecht hebben, maar we zijn er nog niet.
Vrouw zijn is niet altijd even makkelijk. Seksisme is veel veel aan de orde van de dag en daarom is het soms moeilijk om je vrouwtje te gaan. Wij willen je daarom power geven met deze wijsheden van sterke vrouwen.
“Why do people say “grow some balls”? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.”
Betty White
“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story — I will. I will speak and share and fuck and love, and I will never apologize to the frightened millions who resent that they never had it in them to do it. I stand here and I am amazing, for you. Not because of you. I am not who I sleep with. I am not my weight. I am not my mother. I am myself.”
Amy Schumer
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”
Maya Angelou
“If you want to run for Prime Minister, you can. If you don’t, that’s wonderful, too. Shave your armpits, don’t shave them, wear flats one day, heels the next. These things are so irrelevant and surface to what it is all really about, and I wish people wouldn’t get caught up in that. We want to empower women to do exactly what they want, to be true to themselves, to have the opportunities to develop.”
Emma Watson
“Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.”
Beyoncé
“Speak your mind even if your voice shakes.”
Maggie Kuhn
“Failure is an important part of your growth and developing resilience. Don’t be afraid to fail.”
Michelle Obama
“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.”
Roseanne Barr
“Is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me.
J. K. Rowling
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
Nora Ephron
“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.”
Madonna
“You can’t go listening to every fucking little voice that runs through your head. You’ll go nuts.”
Samantha Jones
“Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.”
Oprah Winfrey
“People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me.”
Prinses Diana
“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”
Gloria Steinem
Cathelijne Blok van TittyMag en Milou Deelen vroegen in het kader van Internationale Vrouwendag en 100 jaar vrouwenstemrecht aan 100 vrouwen waar zij he-le-maal klaar mee zijn:
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