If I were really asked to define myself, I wouldn’t start with race; I wouldn’t start with blackness; I wouldn’t start with gender; I wouldn’t start with feminism. I would start with stripping down to what fundamentally informs my life, which is that I’m a seeker on the path. I think of feminism, and I think of anti-racist struggles as part of it. But where I stand spiritually is, steadfastly, on a path about love.

Being oppressed means the absence of choices

When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better.

All the work I do is built on a foundation of loving-kindness. Love illuminates matters.

Love is an action, never simply a feeling.

When women and men understand that working to eradicate patriarchal domination is a struggle rooted in the longing to make a world where everyone can live fully and freely, then we know our work to be a gesture of love. Let us draw upon that love to heighten our awareness, deepen our compassion, intensify our courage and strengthen our commitment.

Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is.