“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“Feminism, unlike almost every other social movement, is not a struggle against a distinct oppressor — it’s not the ruling class or the occupiers or the colonizers — it’s against a deeply held set of beliefs and assumptions that we women, far too often, hold ourselves.”
— Kavita Ramdas
Kavita Ramdas: Radical women, embracing tradition
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“Perhaps this is the ultimate gift of feminism, that the personal is in fact the political.”
— Kavita Ramdas
Kavita Ramdas: Radical women, embracing tradition
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“This LGBT singing choir has demonstrated how women are investing in tradition to create change, like alchemists turning discord into harmony.”
— Kavita Ramdas
Kavita Ramdas: Radical women, embracing tradition
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