Lori Sokol, PhD

“You’re probably wondering why I chose to wear turquoise stockings with this suit.

 It’s because I no longer care what other people think of me.”

“I want women to forgive themselves for all those old antiquated belief systems that were engraved in their lives by others who didn’t know any better.”

“When you get to a place where death is better than life, you have nothing to lose.”

“At 29 years old, beating a fifty-five year old guy was no thrill for me, (but) I thought it would set us back fifty years if I didn’t win that match.”

“We need to gather people together on the ground to get as many people to vote as possible…and the best way to do so is through bitable bites.”

“Women have always saved the world by fighting against evil. If we didn’t, the world would have become extinct a long, long time ago.”

“Why in the land of American exceptionalism do we suck at breastfeeding?”

“Everywhere I go, raising awareness about women and people with disabilities is never more than a second away from me.”

“I want others who have also suffered from depression to know they can have lives as well.”

“Having lived first as a man and now as a woman, I can tell you that white male privilege is real!”

“I have Eleanor Roosevelt’s FBI file, and eighty-percent of it is about her battles against lynching and racist terror.  J. Edgar Hoover hated her -- he considered anyone who fought for peace, and wanted to end poverty, communists!”

"You need someone to have your back, and you need to guard the back of others."

“I don’t understand why people feel they need a billion dollars!”

“We build walls that matter!”

“We need to address why women don’t run for office in the first place.”

“I’m always aware of my place in the ecosystem – I must build from the top up,

rather than from the top down.”

“People say war is good for the economy?  It fails the economy!”

“If their husbands don’t agree to life-saving surgery, I then say to them, ‘Then sign on this line instead, next to the words: I want my wife to die.’ Not one man has!”

“Once we break old gender norms, men will be better able to build their full lives.”

“It’s important to know the enemy’s language.”

“We have women in our database who could build an atom bomb if they wanted to, but they would never do it.”

“Dissent is patriotic.”

“Women have a gift to give men that they can’t refuse.”

“They were sending a message: This is our school and you’re not welcome here. It was full-force exposure to racism and racial inequality.”

“When I wrote it’s time to mother earth, I used ‘mother’ as a verb. She has been here for us for thousands of years, but we have abused her!”

“When Mother Teresa told me she didn’t need me anymore, I cried.”

“But just as Mother Teresa encouraged the children in her orphanage to explore the world, she did the same for me.”

“Imagine having to wear something designed for a skin color that is different from your own, with few other options!”

"Women must be equal under the law."