Even when people capitalize my name, I don't freak out, even though that would not be my choice.

The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.

Feminism as a political movement has to specifically address the needs of men in their struggle to revolutionize their consciousness.

Relationships are treated like Dixie cups. They are the same. They are disposable. If it does not work, drop it, throw it away, get another. Committed bonds (including marriage) cannot last when this is the prevailing logic. Most of us are unclear about what to do to protect and strengthen caring bonds when our self-centered needs are not being met.

There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism.

But love is really more of an interactive process. It's about what we do not just what we feel. It's a verb, not a noun.

Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same.