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I don't like that word: feminist.

There are a lot of people who say, 'Yeah yeah, I'm a feminist,' and they're not, actually. I wouldn't want to throw that word around, because it's a very strong thing.

For some reason, the word 'feminist' freaks people out, but when you look it up, all it means is equal opportunity.

I am a feminist. I don't especially care for the term, but there it is.

Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.

I know a lot of women who embody what it means to be a feminist but do not want to use that word. The misperceptions about what it's all about have gotten into their heads.

I wish feminism wasn't so scary to people. It should be an evolving concept. I think it's an umbrella term to embrace conflicting ideas.

This is the real problem feminism faces. Too many people are willfully ignorant about what the word means and what the movement aims to achieve.

I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.

I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.