I'd just begun to be taken seriously as a freelance writer, but after the Playboy article, I mostly got requests to go underground in some other semi-sexual way. It was so bad that I returned an advance to turn the Playboy article into a paperback, even though I had to borrow the money.
Gloria SteinemWhen the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on.
Gloria SteinemWhat we have been raised to think of as inevitable - division and hierarchy, monotheism and nation states - actually accounts for less than 10 percent of human history.
Gloria Steinemthe new women in politics seem to be saying that we already know how to lose, thank you very much. Now we want to learn how to win.
Gloria SteinemLike art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.
Gloria SteinemNo wonder male religious leaders so often say that humans were born in sinโbecause we were born to female creatures. Only by obeying the rules of the patriarchy can we be reborn through men. No wonder priests and ministers in skirts sprinkle imitation birth fluid over our heads, give us new names, and promise rebirth into everlasting life.
Gloria Steinem