The rights of women are to the 21st century what civil rights were to the 20th.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that women's rights are the significant social movement of the 21st century, analogous to the civil rights movement of the 20th century.
Tina Brown's quote emphasizes the importance of women's rights in contemporary society, likening their struggle for equality to the civil rights movement that sought to dismantle systemic racism and advocate for the rights of marginalized communities in the previous century. It highlights that just as civil rights were pivotal in shaping societal norms and laws in the 20th century, the fight for women's rights is now critical in addressing gender inequalities and achieving true equality in the 21st century.
In practice
This quote can be used during a women's rights rally to emphasize the importance of gender equality.
It's one of the biggest fibs going that American newspapers are now being forced to give up their commitment to investigative reporting. Most of them gave up long ago as their greedy managements squeezed every cent out of the bottom line and turned their newsrooms into eunuchs.
Even as the whole world tries to hang on to its job, there is also this weird parallel sense - almost a covert longing - that the old corrupt structures on which that job depends needs to be, ought to be, swept away.
I think British journalists do well in America because the newspaper culture there is so strong - telling stories and presenting them readably is in their DNA. British newspapers get a terrible rap, but they are brilliant in their presentation, most of them, so full of vitality and literary wit.
One of the the great things about having had something that didn't work out is: So what? I am fine.
Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.
But the whole point of the Sixties was that you had to take people as they were. If you came in with us you left your class, and colour, and religion behind, that was what the Sixties was all about.
No matter what's happening in your life, you can change the trajectory of events by closing your eyes, reviewing your thought and behavior, and sending love wherever you've been withholding it.
Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.
When you're really trying to make serious change, you don't want people to get caught up in emotion because change isn't emotion. Because change isn't emotion. Its real work and organization and strategy - that's just the truth of it. I mean, you pull people in with inspiration, but then you have to roll up your sleeves and you've got to make sacrifices and you have got to have structure.
The green economy should not just be about reclaiming throw-away stuff. It should be about reclaiming thrown-away communities. It should not just be about recycling things to give them a second life. We should also be gathering up people and giving them a second chance.
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