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16 Empowering And Inspirational Quotes From The Strongest Women On TV

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16 Empowering And Inspirational Quotes From The Strongest Women On TV
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With all of the horrible things being said about women in the media (particularly by Donald Trump in his day to day life), I needed a little feminist pick-me-up. I knew exactly what I needed: some empowering words from the most powerful women on TV. When you hear garbage on TV or read about it online, try to remember it is garbage, and listen to the wise words, realizations, and opinions of what being a woman means to these strong and bad ass characters. #girlpower

1. Jen Lindley

Jen: “You know why I wear makeup?”

Dawson: “Acquiescence to images presented in male dominated media?”

Jen: “Yes. My little feminist boyfriend that’s very correct. When I was a little girl I learned that I should hide and I should cover myself up and that that was protection.” - Dawson's Creek


2. Shoshanna Shapiro

"I may be deflowered, but I am not devalued." - Girls



3. Olivia Pope

"I am not a toy you can play with when you’re bored or lonely or horny. I am not the girl the guy gets at the end of the movie. I am not a fantasy. If you want me, earn me!" - Scandal


4. Samantha Jones

“I love you… but I love me more. I’ve been in a relationship with myself for 49 years and that’s the one I need to work on.” - Sex and the City


5. Millicent Huxtable

“My virginity was mine, Marvin. It was never yours.” -One Tree Hill

6. Abby Whelan

"There is no man to rescue you... You are the only gladiator in the place. You are all you've got. You have to rescue yourself." - Scandal

7. Cristina Yang

"Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. He’s very dreamy, but he’s not the sun. You are." - Grey's Anatomy


8. Brooke Davis

"There's a day when you realize that you're not just a survivor, you're a warrior. You're tougher than anything (life) throws your way." - One Tree Hill


9. Blair Waldorf

“I’m not a stop along the way, I’m a destination.” -Gossip Girl


10. Veronica Mars

"If you have words written on yourself, it's not nudity, it's political speech. Taking control of one's body to turn the objectifying male gaze back on itself." - Veronica Mars


11. Buffy Summers

"Alright, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer


12. Lydia Martin

“I will not fall prey to society’s desire to turn girls into emotional, insecure neurotics who pull up their dresses at the first flattering remark.” - Teen Wolf



13. Lorelai/Rory Gilmore

Rory: “It’s my mother’s name too. She named me after herself. She was lying in the hospital thinking about how men name boys after themselves all the time. So, why couldn’t women? She says the feminism just kind of took over.” - Gilmore Girls


14. Carrie Bradshaw

"Maybe some women aren’t meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with. ” - Sex and the City



15. Hannah Horvath

"I'm an individual. I feel how I feel when I feel it." - Girls


16. Mindy Lahiri

"Who I have been, is not who I'm going to be." - The Mindy Project


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