Equality : (299) " Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don’t talk skin to me. " - Mahalia Jackson " Real Democrats don’t abandon the middle class. " - John F. Kerry " I always knew that transgenders are allowed to join Miss Universe and win Miss Universe. So they’re welcome to join. " - Pia Wurtzbach " All Marines, sailors and civilian Marines, regardless of sexual orientation, are Marines first. Every Marine is a valued member of our war-fighting team. " - James F. Amos " The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. " - Bella Abzug " Sexism is not the fault of women – kill your fathers, not your mothers. " - Robin Morgan " Intersectionality is an analytic sensibility, a way of thinking about identity and its relationship to power. Originally articulated on behalf of black women, the term brought to light the invisibility of many constituents within groups that claim them as members but often fail to represent them. " - Kimberle Williams Crenshaw " I think one of the reasons I’ve done so much period work is because I feel so depressed by how society chooses to represent women in contemporary work. " - Romola Garai " All the roles are for boys. The girls’ roles are either small or all the same. There’s just nothing interesting. " - Christina Ricci " Most families rely on two incomes to make ends meet, and when a woman earns less, we put working families at a huge disadvantage. " - Ann McLane Kuster