I am just as human as the man.

At some point I was a Happy African Feminist Who Does Not Hate Men and Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and High Heels for Herself and Not For Men.

Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.

Marriage can be a good thing, a source of joy, love, and mutual support. But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage, but we don’t teach boys to do the same?

A man who would be intimidated by me is exactly the kind of man I would have no interest in.

But by far the worst thing we do to males — by making them feel they have to be hard — is that we leave them with very fragile egos. The harder a man feels compelled to be, the weaker his ego is.

But by far the worst thing we do to males--by making them feel they have to be hard--is that we leave them with very fragile egos. The harder a man feels compelled to be, the weaker his ego is.

And then we do a much greater disservice to girls, because we raise them to cater to the fragile egos of males.

A man is likely as a woman to be intelligent, innovative and creative. We have evolved. But our ideas of gender have not evolved very much.

If we do something over and over, it becomes normal. If we see the same thing over and over it becomes normal.

I should never call myself a feminist since feminists are women who are unhappy because they cannot find husbands.So I decided to call myself a Happy Feminist.

Flowers are prettiest where they are watered the most.

Do one thing for a better world.

There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn to love a person while continuing to be selfish.

Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded.

I'm always thinking 'how can I continue to grow?'

I'm not like anybody else. I'm like an American princess.

It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others ad fight for your rights.

Moving from love, not fear - a beautiful idea, especially when applied literally to the body.

Why not the Bahamas? Or the Corn Palace?

Years do not make sages; they only make old men.