I think inequality is in our minds. I think this is what we learn through practice... The bridge of illusion must be shattered in order for a real bridge to be constructed. One of the things we learn is that inequality is an illusion.

Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is abuse.

Reviewing the literature on love I noticed how few writers, male or female, talk about the impact of patriarchy, the way in which male domination of women and children stands in the ways of love.

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.

Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness.

Only grown-ups think that the things children say come out of nowhere. We know they come from the deepest parts of ourselves.