The only purpose of an engagement ring is to show you 'belong' to someone, and your man makes bank.

I grew up definitely a feminist, but I didn't call myself a feminist until I took my first women's studies class in college.

I do think that more people are feminists than they realize.

I saw an article where the manager of the Pussycat Dolls, which is kind of this like striptease band, girl band, said, oh well, the girls are totally third-wave feminist. This is what third-wave feminism is about. Like you don't get to use that word. You don't get to say that something is feminist as a way to sell back sexism to women, as a way to further consumerist ideas.

There is something to be said for the power of figureheads. After Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, a record number of countries posted female ambassadors to the U.S. - some of whom have dubbed this 'the Hillary effect.'

I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women.

I don't find the wave model very productive, because I think it kind of serves to fan the flames of generational tension, or make it seem like there's more generational tension than there actually is.