Friday, March 26, 2021

Empowering Feminist Quotes from Inspiring Women


"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."
Margaret Thatcher


"I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay."
Madonna


Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


"Feminism isn't about making women stronger. Women are already strong, it's about changing the way the world perceives that strength."
G.D. Anderson


Women are always saying, 'We can do anything that men can do.' But men should be saying, 'We can do anything that women can do.'
Gloria Steinem


I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
Maya Angelou


"I am a woman / Phenomenally / Phenomenal woman / That's me."
Maya Angelou



Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. … It shouldn't be that women are the exception.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg


"You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female.'"
Erin McKean


"A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman."
Melinda Gates

Monica Bellucci


Monica Anna Maria Bellucci is an Italian actress and model. She began her career as a fashion model, modelling for Dolce & Gabbana and Dior, before making a transition to Italian films and later American films and French films. Born30 September 1964 






















Icon Fashion Display


Marlene Dietrich's hostess gown for Desire (1936), designed by Travis Banton



Marlene Dietrich's embroidered costume with fur trimming 



Mae West's dress for Every Day's a Holiday (1938), designed by Elsa Schiaparelli



Dior



Monica Bellucci:  Dior Haute Couture strapless dress and taffeta cape. The abundance of black pleated fabric provides a frame for her velvet ‘millefiori’ bustier and jewels. 



 




THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR