the signs as empowering women + quotes
i thought i’d make this post in honour of international women’s day! i wish u all a lovely day - i hope u feel empowered, beautiful and inspired; and i hope that those feelings stay with u for the rest of the year.
aries: maya angelou - author, poet, civil rights activist “I love to see a young girl go out and grab life by the lapels. life’s a bitch. you’ve got to go out and kick ass.”
taurus: audrey hepburn - actress, humanitarian, film and fashion icon “the beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.”
gemini: angelina jolie - actress, filmmaker, humanitarian “when I was little, like maleficent, I was told that I was different. I felt out of place - too loud, too full of fire, never good at sitting still, never good at fitting in. and then one day I realised something - something that I hope you all realise. different is good.”
cancer: malala yousafzai - activist for female education and the youngest ever nobel prize laureate “we call upon our sisters around the world to be brave - to embrace the strength within themselves and realise their full potential.”
leo: j.k. rowling - novelist, screenwriter, film producer “I think writing about the time in hermione’s life that I write about - growing from childhood into womanhood, literally, I think it brought back to me how very difficult it is. so much is expected of you as you become a woman, and often you are asked to sacrifice parts of you in becoming a girl, I would say. hermione doesn’t.”
virgo: chimamanda ngozi adichie - novelist, non-fiction writer, short story writer “the problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.”
libra: eleanor roosevelt - politician, diplomat, activist “the battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.”
scorpio: marie curie - physicist, first woman to win a nobel prize “life is not easy for any of us, but what of that? we must have perseverance, and, above all, confidence in ourselves. we must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”
sagittarius: nicki minaj - rapper, singer, songwriter “I just want women to always feel in control. because we’re capable - we’re so capable.”
capricorn: alice paul - suffragist, feminist, women’s rights activist “there will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.”
aquarius: audre lorde - writer, feminist, civil rights activist “I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they are so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. we’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t.”
pisces: rebel wilson - comedian, actress, writer “I think women out there should just be happy with the way they look. they shouldn’t really try to conform to any kind of stereotype. just be happy and hopefully healthy.”
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