Citas de escritoras feministas. Marzo Violeta by

Malebo Sephodi

mariajesusq — 2022-03-03 09:10:10 UTC

“Society is obsessed with women's bodies and I take my body back by doing whatever it is that I want to do with my body” ― Malebo Sephodi, Miss Behave.

“La sociedad está obsesionada con el cuerpo de la mujer y yo recupero mi cuerpo haciendo lo que quiero hacer con mi cuerpo”

Malebo Sephodi is a Johannesburg based activist, blogger and author of a her debut non-fiction book titled 'Miss Behave'. A raw and personal conversation starter that hammers cracks into issues surrounding feminism, Heteronormativity and how society still puts women in a box that defines how they must behave. She has since assumed a role in giving black women a platform that allows them freedom to just be themselves without judgement, this is through an initiative she founded called Lady Leader.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

mariajesusq — 2022-03-03 09:30:21 UTC

“Some people ask: “Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?” Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general—but to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded. It would be a way of denying that the problem of gender targets women.”

“Algunas personas preguntan: “¿Por qué la palabra feminista? ¿Por qué no decir simplemente que eres un creyente en los derechos humanos, o algo así?”. Porque eso sería deshonesto. El feminismo es, por supuesto, parte de los derechos humanos en general, pero optar por utilizar la vaga expresión derechos humanos es negar el problema específico y particular del género. Sería una forma de pretender que no son las mujeres las que, durante siglos, han sido excluidas. Sería una forma de negar que el problema de género apunta a las mujeres”.

― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Enugu, Nigeria in 1977. Initially known for her TED Talks: The Danger of A Single Story and We should all be Feminists, widely known for her books: Americanah and We should all be Feminists.

Vandana Shiva

mariajesusq — 2022-03-07 09:15:58 UTC

“We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at all.”

“O vamos a tener un futuro en el que las mujeres lideren el camino para hacer las paces con la Tierra o no vamos a tener un futuro humano en absoluto”.
― Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva, (born November 5, 1952, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal [now Uttarakhand], India), Indian physicist and social activist. Shiva founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy (RFSTN), an organization devoted to developing sustainable methods of agriculture, in 1982.

Vandana Shiva

Arundhati Roy

mariajesusq — 2022-03-07 09:31:01 UTC

“A political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no struggle at all.” - Arundhati Roy, Author

^]“Una lucha política que no tiene a las mujeres en el centro, por encima, por debajo y dentro de ella, no es lucha en absoluto”. - Arundhati Roy, Autor

Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961)^[1] is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author.^[1] She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.^[6

Nawal El Saadawi

2022-03-07 19:25:30 UTC

Women are half the society. You cannot have a revolution without women. You cannot have democracy without women. You cannot have equality without women. You can’t have anything without women.”

Las mujeres son la mitad de la sociedad. No se puede tener una revolución sin mujeres. No se puede tener democracia sin mujeres. No se puede tener igualdad sin mujeres. No se puede tener nada sin mujeres”.

Nawal El Saadawi, also spelled Nawāl al-Saʿdāwī, (born October 27, 1931, Kafr Ṭaḥlah, Egypt—died March 21, 2021, Cairo), Egyptian public health physician, psychiatrist, author, and advocate of women’s rights. Sometimes described as “the Simone de Beauvoir of the Arab world,” El Saadawi was a feminist whose writings and professional career were dedicated to political and sexual rights for women.

Raha Moharrak

ircayala1 — 2022-03-08 06:06:59 UTC

“I am honored that I’m in history, but I don’t think it would mean anything if it doesn’t change anything.”

“Me siento honrada de estar en la historia, pero no creo que signifique nada si no cambia nada”.

Raha Moharrak, first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest

Anuradha Ghandy

2022-03-08 17:20:42 UTC

"By propagating women's nature as non-violent they are discouraging women from becoming fighters in the struggle for their own liberation and that of society."

"Al propagar la naturaleza de las mujeres como no violenta, están disuadiendo a las mujeres de convertirse en combatientes en la lucha por su propia liberación y la de la sociedad".

Anuradha Ghandy (28 March 1954 – 12 April 2008) was an Indian communist, writer, and revolutionary leader. She was a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). Among the policy papers drafted by the Marxist movement, Anuradha had contributed significantly to the ones on castes and 'Feminism and Marxism'. She was also critical on shifting patriarchal ideas that were then dominant in the party

Nikita Gill

2022-03-08 20:22:24 UTC

Nikita Gill is a poet and writer. She has written and curated seven volumes of poetry. She uses social media to engage her audience and she has 617,000 followers on Instagram with just over 370 posts. She has been described as one of the most successful Instapoets,^[1]^[2] and 'one of the most exciting young writers working today'.^[^{QUEENS II
Listen to me , girl,
you have castles inside your bones,
coronets in your heart,
if he threatens you with battle,
you raise him a whole war,
the last time I checked,
Queens cower before no man}

Rupi Kaur

2022-03-08 20:30:49 UTC

As a 21-year-old university student Rupi wrote, illustrated and self-published her first poetry collection, milk and honey. Next came its artistic sibling, the sun and her flowers. These collections have sold over 10 million copies and have been translated into over 42 languages. Her most recent book, home body, debuted #1 on bestsellers lists across the world. In 2021, Rupi executive produced and starred in her debut film, Rupi Kaur Live, which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Rupi's work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, and migration. She feels most at home when creating art or performing her poetry on stage.

I WANT TO APOLOGISE
i want to apologise to all the women
i have called pretty
before i´ve called them intelligent or brave
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you´re born with
is the most you have to be proud of when your spirit has crushed mountains
from now on i will say things like
you are resilient or you are extraordinary
not because i don´t think you´re pretty
but because you are so much more than that.

Joumana Haddad

2022-03-09 11:40:40 UTC

Joumana was born in Beirut in 1970 into a conservative Christian family. She is of Armenian extraction from her maternal grandmother's side, and Syriac Catholic. Haddad is an atheist and a critic of organised religion. She is a feminist. In an interview she states that feminism is not only a woman's fight, but that everyone should fight for equality and a more dignified world for all human beings. She believes that not only some men are holding back women but also women themselves can sometimes be the biggest obstacle to achieve equality because of internalized misogyny and the way they have been brainwashed to have no self-confidence. She is an activist for equality, LGBTQ+ rights, individual freedoms and secularism.

“Ser escritora en un país árabe significa estar obligada a ser astuta y ambigua, enseñar un poco aquí y ocultar un poco allá.
Ser escritora en un país árabe significa escribir en clave, de manera que un “amante” se convierte en un “buen amigo”.
Ser escritora en un país árabe significa tener que enfrentarte con la ofensiva sospecha de que un hombre en la sombra está escribiendo lo que tú publicas con tu propio nombre.”

“Being a female writer in an Arab country means being forced to be cunning and ambiguous, to show a bit here and hide a little there.
Being a female writer in an Arab country means writing in code, so a “lover” becomes a “good friend.”
Being a female writer in an Arab country means having to deal with the offensive suspicion that a man in the shadow is writing what you publish under your own name.”

Malala Yousafzai

lformarizd01 — 2022-03-09 15:39:52 UTC

"I raise up my voice - not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. ... We cannot succeed when half of us are held back."

"Levanto mi voz, no para poder gritar, sino para que los que no tienen voz puedan ser escuchados... No podemos tener éxito cuando la mitad de nosotros somos retenidos".

Malala Yousafzai, (born July 12, 1997, Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan), Pakistani activist who, while a teenager, spoke out publicly against the prohibition on the education of girls that was imposed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP; sometimes called Pakistani Taliban). She gained global attention when she survived an assassination attempt at age 15. In 2014 Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in recognition of their efforts on behalf of children’s rights.

Maya Angelou

victoriaherrera1 — 2022-03-09 17:30:16 UTC

In my work, in everything I do, I mean to say that we human beings are more alike than we are unalike, and to use that statement to break down the walls we set between ourselves because we are different. I suggest that we should herald the differences, because the differences make us interesting, and also enrich and make us stronger. The differences are minuscule compared to the similarities.

En mi trabajo, en todo lo que hago, quiero decir que los seres humanos somos más parecidos que diferentes, y usar esa afirmación para derribar los muros que pusimos entre nosotros porque somos diferentes. Sugiero que deberíamos anunciar las diferencias, porque las diferencias nos hacen interesantes, y también nos enriquecen y nos hacen más fuertes. Las diferencias son minúsculas en comparación con las similitudes.

Maya Angelou, original name Marguerite Annie Johnson, (born April 4, 1928, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died May 28, 2014, Winston-Salem, North Carolina), American poet, memoirist, and actress whose several volumes of autobiography explore the themes of economic, racial, and sexual oppression.

Margaret Atwood

2022-03-09 19:00:53 UTC

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly - Margaret Atwood, author.

Todavía pensamos en un hombre poderoso como un líder nato y una mujer poderosa como una anomalía - Margaret Atwood, autora.

Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, and two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Governor General's Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards.^[2] A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.

Atwood's works encompass a variety of themes including gender and identity, religion and myth, the power of language, climate change, and "power politics".^[3] Many of her poems are inspired by myths and fairy tales which interested her from a very early age.^[4]

Atwood is a founder of the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Writers' Trust of Canada. She is also a Senior Fellow of Massey College, Toronto. She is the inventor of the LongPen device and associated technologies that facilitate remote robotic writing of documents.

Aretha Brown

2022-03-10 10:30:45 UTC

Aretha Brown:
“I’m a queer, Indigenous young woman. I have every reason and right to be mad and resentful. But I will never let that happen.”

Clara Campoamor

delfigallardolpz — 2022-03-14 17:25:17 UTC

Lema: “La libertad se aprende ejerciéndola”

Citazione: "La libertà si impara esercitandola"

Nata a Madrid nel 1888, Clara Campoamor era una scrittrice, politica e avvocata spagnola che combatteva per i diritti della donna. Promotrice del suffragio femminile in Spagna, le donne hanno potuto votare per la prima volta nel 1933 grazie a lei.

Elena Ferrante

2023-03-09 11:19:31 UTC

“Una comunità che trova naturale soffocare con la cura dei figli e della casa tante energie intellettuali di donne, è nemica di se stessa e non se ne accorge.”

“Una comunidad a la que le resulta natural sofocar las energías intelectuales de tantas mujeres con el cuidado de los niños y la casa es enemiga de sí misma y no se da cuenta”.

Elena Ferrante è una scrittrice italiana nata nel 1943. I suoi romanzi, inizialmente scritti in italiano, sono stati tradotti in molte lingue.

I suoi romanzi parlano di donne nelle diverse fasi della vita. Tutte queste storie hanno un carattere femminista di realtà e critiche riguardo al ruolo delle donne nella società.

Per molto tempo, questa autrice ha nascosto la sua vera identità finché non è stata finalmente scoperta, come Anita Raja, da un giornalista del New York Times.

Grazia Deledda

2023-03-13 19:33:12 UTC

_{"Un uomo libero è sempre adatto per una donna libera: basta ci sia l'amore".}_{“Un hombre libre es siempre adecuado para una mujer libre: basta con que haya amor”.}_{(Grazia Deledda )}_{Grazia Deledda nasce a Nuoro nel 1875.
La condizione femminile segnerà la sua vita e scrive “noi ragazze non potevamo mai uscire di casa se non per andare a messa o qualche volta per fare una passeggiata in campagna”.}

_{È andata a scuola fino all'età di 11 anni, poiché i suoi genitori ritenevano che questa fosse un’istruzione sufficiente per una donna. Tuttavia, continuo la sua formazione a casa in modo autodidatta e con l'aiuto di un insegnante, interessandosi alla letteratura in generale e agli scrittori classici.}

_{Quando aveva 15 anni pubblicò il suo primo racconto, ma fu con i romanzi "Anime oneste" (1985) e "La vía el mal" (1986) che si affermò come autrice di successo.}

_{Nel 1920 pubblicò una delle sue migliori opere, "La Madre", opera che, secondo la critica, la catapultò a vincere il Premio Nobel per la Letteratura nel 1926 e ad affermarsi come scrittrice con proiezione mondiale.}

_{Nel 1936 morì a Roma all'età di 65 anni.}

Gloria Steinem

2026-03-18 18:55:35 UTC

"Women are always saying, 'We can do anything that men can do.' But men should be saying, 'We can do anything that women can do.'"

“Las mujeres siempre dicen: ‘Podemos hacer cualquier cosa que los hombres pueden hacer’. Pero los hombres deberían decir: ‘Podemos hacer cualquier cosa que las mujeres pueden hacer’.”

Gloria Steinem is a pioneering feminist, writer, and activist whose work helped shape the second‑wave feminist movement in the United States. Rising to prominence in the 1960s and 70s, she used journalism as a tool for social change. She later co‑founded Ms. Magazine, which became a groundbreaking platform for women’s voices and a catalyst for national conversations about gender, equality, and reproductive rights.

Her activism has always been rooted in coalition‑building, connecting feminism with issues of race, class, and global human rights. Steinem’s influence continues to resonate today, not only through her writing and public speaking but also through the generations of activists she has inspired. Her legacy is that of someone who expanded what feminism could be and who encouraged people to imagine a more inclusive and equitable world.

Gloria Steinem es una pionera del feminismo estadounidense, escritora y activista que se convirtió en una de las voces más influyentes de la segunda ola feminista. Alcanzó notoriedad en los años sesenta y setenta gracias a su trabajo periodístico, y más tarde cofundó Ms. Magazine, una revista revolucionaria que transformó el debate público sobre igualdad de género y derechos reproductivos.

A lo largo de su carrera, Steinem ha defendido la importancia de construir alianzas y conectar el feminismo con cuestiones de raza, clase y derechos humanos a nivel global. Su legado perdura tanto en sus libros y su activismo público como en las generaciones de personas que ha inspirado, consolidándola como una figura clave en la búsqueda de una sociedad más inclusiva y equitativa.

Jane Goodall

2026-03-18 19:12:34 UTC

"The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves".

"Lo mínimo que puedo hacer es alzar la voz por aquellos que no puede hablar por sí mismos".

She’s best known for her groundbreaking work studying chimpanzee societies—research that completely reshaped how we understand our place in an interconnected world.

In 1977, she founded the Jane Goodall Institute, expanding her mission beyond research to include protecting chimpanzees and supporting local communities through education and training.

Then, in 2021, she received the Templeton Prize, recognizing a remarkable career driven by both scientific rigor and a deep sense of curiosity about the world—both spiritual and natural.

Es conocida por su trabajo pionero estudiando las sociedades de chimpancés, una investigación que transformó por completo nuestra forma de entender el lugar que ocupamos en un mundo interconectado.

En 1977, fundó el Instituto Jane Goodall, ampliando su misión más allá de la investigación para incluir la protección de los chimpancés y el apoyo a las comunidades locales a través de la educación y la formación.

Y en 2021, recibió el Premio Templeton, un reconocimiento a una trayectoria extraordinaria impulsada tanto por el rigor científico como por una profunda curiosidad por el mundo, tanto espiritual como natural.

Dulce Chacón

2026-03-18 19:14:21 UTC

“We believe it is time for the sleeping voices to awaken. And for voices not to be used as a weapon, but as a right to memory.”

«Creemos que es hora de que las voces dormidas se despierten. Y de que las voces no sean un arma arrojadiza, sino un derecho a la memoria».

Dulce Chacón (1954–2003) was a Spanish writer and poet born in Zafra. She is best known for her novels and poetry that explore themes of memory, injustice, and the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship that followed.

Her most famous work, La voz dormida (The Sleeping Voice), focuses on the lives of women imprisoned during the early years of Francisco Franco’s regime, giving voice to those who had long been silenced.

Dulce Chacón (1954–2003) fue una escritora y poeta española nacida en Zafra. Es conocida principalmente por sus novelas y su poesía, que exploran temas como la memoria, la injusticia y las consecuencias de la Guerra Civil Española y la dictadura posterior.

Su obra más famosa, La voz dormida, se centra en la vida de mujeres encarceladas durante los primeros años del régimen de Francisco Franco, dando voz a quienes habían permanecido silenciadas durante mucho tiempo.

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

2026-03-18 19:17:46 UTC

"Foolish men who accuse women without reason, not seeing that you are the cause of the very thing you blame."

"Hombres insensatos que acusan a las mujeres sin razón, sin darse cuenta de que ustedes mismos son la causa de aquello que culpan"

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, (San Miguel Nepantla, Tepetlixpa, November 12, 1648 or 1651-Ciudad de México, April 17, 1695), was a Hieronymite nun and a Novohispanic writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, nicknamed "The Tenth Muse", among other nicknames.

She was among the main contributors to the Spanish Golden Age, alongside Juan de Espinosa Medrano, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón and Garcilaso de la Vega "el Inca", and is considered one of the most important female writers in Spanish language literature and Mexican literature.

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, (San Miguel Nepantla, Tepetlixpa, 12 de noviembre de 1648 o 1651-Ciudad de México, 17 de abril de 1695), fue una monja jerónima y escritora, filósofa, compositora y poeta novohispana del período barroco, apodada "La Décima Musa", entre otros apodos.

Fue una de las principales figuras del Siglo de Oro español, junto con Juan de Espinosa Medrano, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Garcilaso de la Vega "el Inca", y es considerada una de las escritoras más importantes de la literatura en lengua española y de la literatura mexicana.