The Lilac Rose Collection isn’t just about purple. It features dusty pinks and heather grays, which are more natural shades of purple and are perfect for creating a feminine smoky eye.
Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not idealistic, and the idealistic not feminine.
I love being Courtney, but it almost feels like something different to drag for me – it’s a part of me, it’s not a parody, it’s a form of expression for me, a way to give my feminine and masculine sides an outlet.
The message was always, ‘It’s good to be pretty, but don’t look like you’re trying to be pretty!’ Inherent in that is a lot of misogyny, I think, because the implication is, ‘You must work hard to achieve a feminine ideal for which society has nothing but contempt.’
A man will treat a woman almost exactly the way he treats his own interior feminine. In fact, he hasn’t the ability to see a woman, objectively speaking, until he has made some kind of peace with his interior woman.
I like to play around with style. Some days, I want to be a tomboy, and others, I want to be a bit more feminine.
I think, in the past, being brave – being powerful, being strong – were qualities that people associated with being masculine. And I think… no, I don’t think – I know that now we’re realizing they can be feminine, too.
Sometimes I like to be comfortable and wear black jeans with a blazer, a really comfortable t-shirt, and low boots with heels. Sometimes I like to be feminine and preppy.
My whole life I’ve had people telling me that I look like a man, I’m not feminine, I’m too masculine, all that stuff.
When I went into the conservatory at 17, then I was able to open up and accept everything about myself and show my feminine side as well as my masculine.
The entire political system is contrary to everything a feminine heart stands for. It lacks inclusion. It lacks tenderness toward children. It lacks honor for relationships. It lacks reverence for the earth. It lacks love. And without those things, the feminine psyche disconnects.
I understand I’m supposed to be feminine and dainty, but I’m not. There are two sides to the coin. People are more impressed with things that I do because they almost treat you as if you’re handicapped if you’re a woman… people can be impressed that I can play a few chords on the guitar.
I was always made to feel that men were desirable because of their masculinity, and for a boy, being feminine was not something you should be proud of. But, I came to realise it’s OK for boys to be feminine, for girls to be masculine and we should all express ourselves however we want.
I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let’s face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what’s sexy. And men define what’s feminine. It’s ridiculous.
The role that I played in ‘Gaana Bajaana’ was that of a tomboyish girl who identified with the guys. There was nothing feminine about her.
In 1990, when they asked me to shoot a cover for ‘British Vogue’ to convey my personal vision of a woman, I explained that I couldn’t just photograph one single girl, because what I was looking for was a new purpose, and new feminine determination.
There are lots of ways to be a feminist. Beyonce, for example, is a beautiful example of feminine sensuality and is still really powerful. My character and my inner essence is more like an awkward 15-year-old boy, like a teenager backstage, like, ‘Yeah, what’s up?’ That’s what I’m trying to channel.
I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.
At first, I felt like I was put into this box because I played hockey. I thought that I was viewed a certain way, and I shouldn’t wear certain clothes. Finally, I stepped aside and said, ‘That’s someone else’s creation of me. I can be feminine and be strong.’
I grew up around a lot of feminine energy.
I think my style is a mix of quirky, eclectic, bright, and fun, with a really sophisticated feminine silhouette.
I love to dance, bike, and walk every day, so I like to be feminine and comfortable at the same time.
It’s no secret I like to dress a bit sexy and body-conscious, and as soon as I was pregnant, it was like it was inappropriate to dress the way that I dress. And that really annoyed me. It’s a wrong message that dressing feminine and sexy and being a mother can’t go together.
If women talk in ways expected of them or project a feminine demeanor, it’s seen as weak. But if they talk in ways associated with men or bosses, then they’re seen as too aggressive. Whatever they do violates one or the other expectation: either you’re not talking as you should as a woman or as boss.
Ever since I was little, I showed traits of both masculine and feminine energies. Androgyny was never something that I thought about or tried for.
The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don’t know. It’s woman. It’s feminine. That’s what the sword is about. That’s the symbolic meaning of the sword.
Stern and critical, my father couldn’t accept how feminine and dainty I was in comparison to my rough-and-tumble brother.
I’d like to be with a guy who’s in touch with his feminine side. He should be a lover of art, music and culture. A guy with a sense of humour, openness and emotional maturity is a big turn-on.
It’s interesting to play a female character who’s not ever using feminine wiles to get things done.
I was very worried about being unattractive because I think I look quite masculine. Sometimes I feel more masculine than feminine and I don’t like it.
Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn’t very feminine.
I love to keep my hair long, and I think every lady should have long hair. After all, it looks so feminine and beautiful.
The number one taboo for boys is to be feminine, so for someone to not only override their internal directive but society’s directive is mind-boggling and heroic. It’s courageous.
I’m still feminine, I’m still a woman, and above all, I’m still human.
I’m very tall, so I like a guy who’s bigger than me – it makes me feel feminine and safe. I don’t like to be hovering over a guy or feel like a linebacker.
Throughout my life, I’ve always been really close with girls and made friends with girls. And I’ve always been a really sickly, feminine person anyhow, so I thought I was gay for a while because I didn’t find any of the girls in my high school attractive at all.
Maybe it’s the feminine side of me, but I like that AM radio pop.
I first wrote about Michael Jackson in the 1980s. His skin was growing paler, his features thinner, and his aura more feminine. Some called him a traitor to his race. Some fussed about his gender fluidity. I saw him as a post-modern shape-shifter. But the shifts grew more extreme and mysterious.
It’s not about living my life as a boy or a girl – but I’m also not trans – it’s just that one day, you wake up feeling masculine, and one day, you wake up feeling feminine. The flickering in between those two states is what’s most fertile for me.
In Taoist philosophy, ‘yin’ is the feminine principle, representing the forces of earth, while ‘yang’ is the masculine principle, representing spirit.
She was deeply passionate about the sacred feminine.
I like Lita because she is very feminine but aggressive.
I do not… look very feminine. Diana, Princess of Wales is feminine… I am… femi-none.
If you’ve written a powerful book about a woman and your publisher then puts a ‘feminine’ image on the cover, it ‘types’ the book.
That’s one of the unintended consequences of the women’s liberation movement – that, in fact, the women that would lead this country would be feminine, they would be pro-family, they would have husbands, they would love their children.
There was a time where I knew I was as funny as many dudes, but I had people telling me, ‘You have to wear a dress onstage. You need to be more feminine.’
By 12, my body had changed, although instead of blossoming into Cindy Mancini from ‘Can’t Buy Me Love,’ I more closely resembled Chunk from ‘The Goonies.’ My inside world may have been filled with a poetic and vital feminine life force, but the outside world saw and told me otherwise.
I wanted to do something a little bit more feminine after my second movie, ‘Joshy,’ which was so masculine.
With rock ‘n’ roll, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, the Runaways, there was always that feminine spirit.
Russians really needed a product that would be not as strong as vodka and not as feminine as cheap sparkling wine, so Martini was a good solution.
I do not feel that some things are masculine and others are feminine.
I took great offence at a journalist who called me blokeish. I have always seen myself as metrosexual and in touch with my feminine side.
I’m really into kind of finding different masculine pieces and making them feminine. Like cool oxfords.
I think of the bog as a feminine goddess-ridden ground, rather like the territory of Ireland itself.
We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.
