Women of Resistance Quotes

“I etch my own face upon my wicked flesh.
I am my own devastating god.”
― Rachel McKibbens, Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism

“say, beautiful
& point to the map of your body
say, brave
& were your skin like a gown or a suit
say, hero
& cast yourself in the lead role

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when a girl pronounces her own name
there is glory

when a woman tells her own life story
she lives forever”
― Denice Frohman, Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism

“if this poem is the only thing that survives me

tell them i grew a new tongue
tell them i built me a throne

tell them when we discovered life on another planet
it was a woman
& she built a bridge, not a border

got god & named gravity
after herself.”
― Denice Frohman, Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism

“I remember
thinking my father was mean but knowing he
was kind. I remember thinking my father was
kind but knowing he was mean.”
― Mary Ruefle, Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism