Androgynous – Quotes

I was always into

I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls… I’m into androgyny in general. Evan Rachel Wood

My style has always

My style has always been very free, easy, relaxed, and slightly androgynous. Erin Wasson

Women’s liberationists spread the

Women’s liberationists spread the word that the only peaceful family is one in which either the wife is enslaved or the husband is androgynous. Emmett Tyrrell

Through the 13th century, paintings of Angels exhibit a predominantly masculine appearance. Over the next 300 years, their images become more delicate, gentle, and feminine, until Angels are shown as androgynous or even distinctly female. David Connolly

The Replacements are the

The Replacements are the foundation for a lot of what came after in alternative and college rock. Let It Be is their best record and has the most diverse collection of songs. Some pop stuff, some heavy stuff, and some real moments of beauty like ‘Sixteen Blue’ and ‘Androgynous.’ It’s a record I always go … Read more

I was a girly-girl

I was a girly-girl until I moved to New York. Then I got really into the androgynous look of the early-’90s club scene. I had really short hair and started blurring the line a bit. But for me, grade school was about Benetton, Esprit, and Guess jeans. Chloe Sevigny

I’ve got the long

I’ve got the long hair and kind of androgynous look. It’s love-hate; it’s sexy, but not sexy. So it’s either you get it or you don’t. Carrot Top

Ardent, intelligent, sweet, sensitive,

Ardent, intelligent, sweet, sensitive, cultivated, erudite. These are the adjectives of praise in an androgynous world. Those who consider them epithets of shame or folly ought not to be trusted with leadership, for they will be men hot for power and revenge, certain of right and wrong. Carolyn Heilbrun

Monsier Saint Laurent was

Monsier Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect myself, I adopted something of an androgynous look, just as his women did. Carine Roitfeld

Nonviolent actions are by

Nonviolent actions are by their nature androgynous. In them the two impulses that have long been treated as distinct, ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine,’ the impulse of self-assertion and the impulse of sympathy, are clearly joined; the very genius of nonviolence, in fact, is that it demonstrates them to be indivisible, and so restores human community. Barbara … Read more