Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. Its aim is not to benefit solely any specific group of women, any particular race or class of women. It does not privilege women over men. It has the power to transform meaningfully all our lives

Clearly, commitment is a necessary component for creating loving relationships.

Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know.

I often find it easier to be teaching or giving to others, and often struggle with the place of my own pleasure and joy.

I think it's crazy for us to think that people don't understand what's being foregrounded in their lives at a given point in time.

I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer.

As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.