Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Fashion Dropout, Harper's Bazaar, Molly Ivins

“Although a life-long fashion dropout, I have absorbed enough by reading Harper's Bazaar while waiting at the dentist's to have grasped that the purpose of fashion is to make A Statement. My own modest Statement, discerned by true cognoscenti, is, 'Woman Who Wears Clothes So She Won't Be Naked.'” - Molly Ivins

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 37.

Monday, July 6, 2026

DOW, S&P, Nasdaq, Pam Bondi, Epstein Files

“The DOW is over 50,000 right now, the S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. … That’s what we should be talking about.” - Attorney General Pam Bondi, complaining to the House Judiciary Committee about its hearing on the Epstein files – while survivors of Jeffrey Epstein were seated just behind her.

Found in Spring 2026 issue of Ms. Magazine, page 6.

Saturday, July 4, 2026

We the People, White Male Citizens, Male Citizens, Whole People, Their Rights, Susan B. Anthony

"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people -- women as well as men." - Susan B. Anthony, speech after her arrest for voting in the 1872 presidential election

"Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less." - Susan B. Anthony, The Revolution, Jan. 8, 1868

First quote ("It was we, the people...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.

Second quote ("Men, their rights...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b_ii.html.

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Write, Do Not Speak, Voice, Terrified, Silence, Audre Lorde

"I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't." - Audre Lorde

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde409007.html.

Wednesday, July 1, 2026