--- description: Stephen Colbert is a feminist, and proudly proclaims it in a new op-ed. title: Stephen Colbert On Why He Thinks Women Should Run the World image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0c3d39be66b365b/69885eace20a872f82a8caf9/colbert1.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Stephen Colbert On Why He Thinks Women Should Run the World  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2015 7:12 PM CUT  Stephen Colbert speaks onstage during the 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' panel discussion in Los Angeles on Aug. 10, 2015. Stephen Colbert speaks onstage during the 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' panel discussion in Los Angeles on Aug. 10, 2015.Frederick M. Brown—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2015 7:12 PM CUT Stephen Colbert is a feminist, and proudly proclaims it in a new op-ed. [Writing for Glamour magazine](http://www.glamour.com/entertainment/2015/08/stephen-colbert-shares-why-he-thinks-women-should-be-in-charge-of-everything "undefined"), Colbert talks about why he thinks women should run everything: “Sometimes I wonder whether the world would be a better place if women were in charge,” he writes. “It would be pretty easy to make that happen. Simply tell the men of the world that you’re trying to start a campfire. While we’re all arguing with one another about proper kindling placement and whether using lighter fluid is cheating, women can just quietly start getting stuff done.” He goes on to talk about how he’s deeply in touch with his femininity, he falls on the gender spectrum between Channing Tatum and Winnie the Pooh, and he once played a woman in a high school play. But, he cautions: “It’s not my place to mansplain to you about the manstitutionalized manvantages built into Americman manciety. That would make me look like a real manhole.” [_Read more at Glamour.com_](http://www.glamour.com/entertainment/2015/08/stephen-colbert-shares-why-he-thinks-women-should-be-in-charge-of-everything "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3996906/stephen-colbert-women-feminism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3996906/stephen-colbert-women-feminism/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert On Why He Thinks Women Should Run the World","datePublished":"2015-08-13T19:12:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:10:01.218Z","description":"Stephen Colbert is a feminist, and proudly proclaims it in a new op-ed.","url":"https://time.com/3996906/stephen-colbert-women-feminism/","keywords":["celebrities","feminism","stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0c3d39be66b365b/69885eace20a872f82a8caf9/colbert1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0c3d39be66b365b/69885eace20a872f82a8caf9/colbert1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"colbert","caption":"speaks onstage during the 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' panel discussion at the CBS portion of the 2015 Summer TCA Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 10, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.","creditText":"Frederick M. 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