You'd better name yourself, because, if you don't others will do it for you.

But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.

If you don’t define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other's fantasies of you and eaten alive

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action. If it leads to change then it can be useful, since it is then no longer guilt but the beginning of knowledge. Yet all too often, guilt is just another name for impotence, for defensiveness destructive of communication; it becomes a device to protect ignorance and the continuation of things the way they are, the ultimate protection for changelessness.

Anger is loaded with information and energy.