“I am a Woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal Woman,
that's me.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
Source: Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women
“I am a Woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal Woman,
that's me.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
Maya Angelou book Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women
Source: Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women
Bruce Springsteen (1949) American singer and songwriter
"Brilliant Disguise"
Song lyrics, Tunnel Of Love (1987)
“All my life I was very deprived, I ain't had a woman in years, and my palms are too hairy to hide”
Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor
Whoops!
"My Name Is" (Track 2).
1990s, The Slim Shady LP (1999)
“My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.”
Indíra Gándhí (1917–1984) Indian politician and Prime Minister
Quoted in "Indira's Coup," profile by Oriana Fallaci, The New York Review of Books (September 18, 1975).
“Petals floating by, Drift through my woman’s hand, As she remembers me.”
David Brin book Startide Rising
Source: Startide Rising (1983), Chapter 103 (p. 418)
“Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass,
Be not afraid of my body.”
Walt Whitman book Fulles d'herba
Source: Leaves of Grass
“I don’t need any plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.”
Courtney Love (1964) American punk singer-songwriter, musician, actress, and artist
“I know
Not these my hands
And yet I think there was
A woman like me once had hands
Like these.”
Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914) American writer
Amaze
Verses (1915)