I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as a result of my blackness as well as my womaness, and therefore my struggles on both of these fronts are inseparable.

I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.

We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

What I leave behind has a life of its own.

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms.