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You have to figure out how you can step forward and affect your own life. I think that sense of empowerment is actually really positive, specifically for the young generation because they've been bystanders in their own lives for a while. ”
It has crossed my mind that I would like to run or help to run a pro women's tournament, although I really don't know much about organizing an event (it seems overwhelming actually). ”
TV is nothing without its women. ”
While we teach our daughters about self defense, we should teach the sons about being respectful as well. A society cannot function properly if only one gender is rising. It has to be in tandem. It cannot be unequal. There has to be balance for upliftment. ”
I went to Princeton, I minored in women's studies. ”
Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job. ”
My daughters related to something in the Spice Girls that made them feel better about being female. They truly started to believe girls could do anything. They could be fat, thin, anything they wanted to be. ”
And as a woman on television, I actually feel like you're more representative of women if you're - if you've got curves and if everything isn't super tight. ”
There's a difference between wanting to be respected and being a strong female and being known for being able to do things, but still very much wanting guys to open the door, wanting them to ask us out, still bringing flowers and stuff like that. ”
As women and men, we're not primed and taught to feel that women are as inspirational as men. ”