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

Remember, care is a dimension of love, but simply giving care does not mean we are loving.

This rule of silence is upheld when the culture refuses everyone easy access even to the word “patriarchy.” Most children do not learn what to call this system of institutionaliz ed gender roles, so rarely do we name it in everyday speech. This silence promotes denial. And how can we organize to challenge and change a system that cannot be named?

..Acts of appropriation are part of the process by which we make ourselves. Appropriating - taking something for one’s own use - need not be synonymous with exploitation. This is especially true of cultural appropriation. The “use” one makes of what is appropriated is the crucial factor.

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.

Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and cultural legacies that shape who we are and how we live in the world.

I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.