“When people ask women, ‘How do you go to work and take care of your family?’ you’re somehow suggesting I am not as capable as a man. You’re somehow suggesting that I don’t have as many skills as a man, and you’re also suggesting I am neglecting my life at home.” Shonda in our October issue of ESSENCE magazine
“Yes, it is hard out there. But hard is relative. I come from a middle-class family, my parents are academics. I was born after the Civil Rights movement, I was a toddler during the women’s movement, I live in the United States of America, all of which means I am allowed to own my freedom, my rights, my voice and my uterus.” Shonda at Dartmouth College’s 2014 commencement ceremony
“I was fearless because it didn’t occur to me to be afraid. And that fearlessness saved me. Fear tightens you up and confuses you and makes you react in ways that you shouldn’t, in ways that may that you shouldn’t in ways that may be a detriment to your vision even if they are totally in line with what someone else is thinking.” Shonda in our March 2012 issue of ESSENCE