It's the ground that we walk on, it's where we sit, it's the language that we use. It's a difficult undertaking, but I think without healing that and creating more of a balance between the sexes, we will never have balance globally. I feel like I am going deeper and deeper into this space where I came from that I barely understood.

Don't tell me what they did to you as though you had no choice. Tell me, isn't that your picture? Isn't that your voice.

I'm pretty much a workaholic, but when you're doing what you love it's hard to think of a reason to stop.

When everything else seems unclear, at least I'll know I do it for the joy it brings.

And I was shocked, To see the mistakes of each generation, Will just fade like a radio station, If you drive out of range...

You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance.

I love my country, By which I mean, I am indebted joyfully, To all the people throughout its history, Who have fought the government to make right, Where so many cunning sons and daughters, Our foremothers and forefathers, Came singing through slaughter, Came through hell and high water, So that we could stand here, And behold breathlessly the sight, How a raging river of tears, Cut a grand canyon of light... Why can't all decent men and women, Call themselves feminists? Out of respect, For those who fought for this...