I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be.

I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.

Race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don't have that choice.

We do not just risk repeating history if we sweep it under the carpet, we also risk being myopic about our present.

I was stained by failure.

I am a strong believer in the ability of human beings to change for the better. I am a strong believer in trying to change what we are dissatisfied with.

Culture does not make people - people make culture. So if it is in fact true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, we must make it our culture. [...] A feminist is a man or a woman who says, 'yes there is a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it. We must do better.'