But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term, but especially because the women's movement did not either. - Teresa De Lauretis Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist theory is rooted. - Catharine Mackinnon

I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money. - Beryl Bainbridge One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us. - Tammy Bruce Gone are the days when reality fed the feminist movement. - Tammy Bruce I have never experienced racism in the feminist movement, so it concerned me to think that I was unable to see the subject clearly because I came from white, middle-class privilege. - Betty Buckley I wish that I had bridged the feminist movement and the anti-war movement better than I did. - Bernadine Dohrn Remember that in the early days of the feminist movement, they refused to have a leader; different women would just stand up and speak. The early feminists were very careful to not put what was spontaneously arising back in the old bottle. - James Hillman There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long ...