If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the Chekhovian... →
Eve Best
I don't know if I feel a responsibility to encourage women, I just do! Yes, I think all of us chicks should be inspired and create! In whatever... →
Angela Bettis
Fiction is about telling a good story, first and foremost. But of course, everything I'm interested in or angry about leaks into my writing, from... →
Lauren Beukes
Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing... →
Sanjeev Bhaskar
As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down the population growth... →
Benazir Bhutto
Respecting other people's cultures is well and good, but I draw the line at where some branches of Islam, what they do to women. It's... →
Jello Biafra
The most empowering feminist act is for women to be taught about the ways babies bond and then decide what they want to do.
Mayim Bialik
It's wonderful to be appreciated for being quirky, and to see Zooey Deschanel and the quirky, indie film types get mainstream play is amazing for... →
Auditions are hard. You should see what most of the women look like when I audition for things - they look like they should be on the catwalk.
I don't look like most women in the industry.