Sadomasochism is an institutionalized celebration of dominant/subordinate relationships. And, it prepares us either to accept subordination or to enforce dominance. Even in play, to affirm that the exertion of power over powerlessness is erotic, is empowering, is to set the emotional and social stage for the continuation of that relationship, politically, socially, and economically.
Audre LordeThe love expressed between women is particular and powerful because we have had to love in order to live; love has been our survival.
Audre LordeIf I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.
Audre Lorde