She Wants It Quotes

“If I were a man I'd be in the top 1 percent of all fathers. As a mother, I was a complete and total failure.”
― Jill Soloway, She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy

“I was so mad that because I am a woman it had fallen into my lap to organize the party, and also do everything else that created our children's lives: to buy clothes and make summer plans and babysitter arrangements and school deliverables and sports sign-ups and health forms...I'd never signed up for this role. All of my duties were assumed, no negotiation or divvying up of responsibilities, no questions asked.”
― Jill Soloway, She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy

“Can anyone calculate the dollar amount that has been spent to put duct tape over women's mouths in comparison to the amount these companies have paid women to write or direct? I want to compare the money spent on quieting every unspoken truth against every unsold screenplay, unpublished article, and rejected application.”
― Jill Soloway, She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy