Annie Lennox

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I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.
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Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.
Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about.
It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years.
Women's issues have always been a part of my life.
Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries.
Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.
If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '
I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.
As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.
I'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture.
I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.

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