Rachael Hope

“In my new home, I will not hide. I will not shrink myself nor prioritize people's pleasure over my own. Never again will I live in discomfort for the comfort of everyone else. Before I am even a mother, I will be me.”
― Rebecca Woolf, All of This

“Men can choose how they treat us and this is the world they choose.

Frankly, not being angry would be irrational. Feminism is the collective manifestation of female anger.

Men suppress our anger for a reason. Let's prove them right.”
― Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming

“I watched the video of her shaving her head over and over. Watched her cry, her hair falling down her body in long blonde strands, the slashing of a feminine power which, for years, had contributed to her feelings of powerlessness. The paradox of beauty and all its trappings.”
― Rebecca Woolf, All of This

“What if we all spoke truthfully about our feelings and experiences? What if we weren’t afraid of being chastised for our humanity? What if, we felt safe enough to open the parts of ourselves we have been culturally conditioned to keep closed—didn’t have to call each other brave for saying the things we know to be true, and instead of protecting our families from knowing our pain, allowed them to understand what we risk by saying nothing. So many of us say nothing. Raise our daughters to say nothing. Send the message to our sons, that no matter what they do to us—we will say nothing.”
― Rebecca Woolf, All of This