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Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings? To me it's the latter, so I sign up.
Margaret Atwood
— Margaret Atwood
Novelist and poet
Margaret Atwood, as quoted in Women Know Everything! : 3,241 Quips, Quotes, & Brilliant Remarks (2007) by Karen Weekes, p. 156

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“Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings?…” — Margaret Atwood · The Inspired Sage