Re-vision โ the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction โ is for woman more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival. Until we understand the assumptions in which we are drenched we cannot know ourselves. And this drive to self-knowledge, for women, is more than a search for identity: it is part of our refusal of the self-destructiveness of male-dominated society.
Adrienne RichWhen someone with the authority of a teacher describes the world and youโre not in it, thereโs a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing.
Adrienne RichThe most notable fact that our culture imprints on women is a sense of our limits. The most important thing a woman can do for another is to illuminate her actual possibilities.
Adrienne Rich