Tumblr could use a lot more feminism. Life could use a lot more feminism, as far as we're concerned. We are living in some scary times, especially if you are a women or person of color. We want you to fight back. So we're bringing you some history and quotes from kick ass women. And our hope is that you will be as inspired as we are. We welcome submissions and ideas.

• "Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed."
  26th October
  Source: Mia Hamm
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• "Life is too full of events of great importance. That is more absorbing and enriching than a fantasy life."
  7th September
  Source: Olivia De Havilland
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• "I finally figured out what my crime was. I lived. Big mistake."
  7th September
  Source: Patty Hearst
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• "Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself"
  23rd July
  Source: Gloria Steinem
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• "The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it."
  13th July
  Source:  -Roseanne
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• "There are only moments. Live in this one. The happiness of these days."
  13th July
  Source:  -Kate Millett
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• "You search out, and it’s not always obvious at first glance, this vein of gold, that rhythmic pulse. It’s what a conductor does when he has to conduct a symphony and tries to find out how he is going to do this. All the notes are written down, but you have to know how you’re going to do it. And then once you find it, you can find ways to extend that."
  13th July
  Source:  -Anne V. Coates, one of the first women movie editor.
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• "Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that’s no reason not to give it"
  13th July
  Source: Agatha Christie
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• "Courage is like — it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: you get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging."
  13th July
  Source:  -Mary Daly. So now let’s get to couraging, people.
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• "I’ve always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me."
  13th July
  Source:  -Cher
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