We cant compare stories. We can only know in our hearts that we are the same. That may be the best we can do.

Well, the teacher I studied with for nineteen and a half years was a man named Paul Gavert. He was a great lieder singer, so basically Im a trained lieder singer because of that teacher. The teacher I currently study with - since 1995 - is Joan Lader, who also studied with Gavert.

Feminism - the word - can give us a handle, a rallying point, a common ground, and help us build a bridge. Why not claim the gift of the word as a place to begin?

I was hugely relieved to discover there was a purpose for girls with loud voices.

I have never experienced racism in the feminist movement, so it concerned me to think that I was unable to see the subject clearly because I came from white, middle-class privilege.

There's a lot of maintenance that goes into being a professional singer.

The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.