Being alone for a woman is probably much more scary than for a man. I'm all for getting over our fears by facing them head-on.
Alix Kates ShulmanPeople often say to me now, "Your work changed my life." I'm sure that's an exaggeration, but they say it had a big effect on them and enabled them to change. I'm not sure I believe that a book will cause someone to change.
Alix Kates ShulmanThere is still nothing like equality for women in jobs, in family. There's just an awareness that inequality is not acceptable.
Alix Kates ShulmanI am a feminist. I'm trying to show the relationships between men and women, always the structural relations, not individual villains. I'd never make a husband a villain. I try very hard in my work not to - because if I made one man a villain, the rest would be off the hook. I'm interested in the system of oppression.
Alix Kates Shulman