I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidden angers

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.

Without community, there is no liberation.

Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.

I stand here as a black lesbian feminist, having been invited to comment within the only panel at this conference where the input of black feminists and lesbians is represented. What this says about the vision of this conference is sad, in a country where racism, sexism and homophobia are inseparable. . . .

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.

There is no Hierarchy of Oppressions