what has been termed 'correct' English is nothing other than the blatant legitimation of the white middle-class code.
Dale SpenderIt is partly the absence of recorded history which sends women now to the lives of women past for the detailed documentation of their daily lives.
Dale SpenderHave you noticed that all the news, statistics, strategies about unemployment are provided by those who are employed? As soon as you are unemployed you cease to exist.
Dale SpenderParadoxically, the most constructive thing women can do is to write, for in the act of writing we deny our muteness and begin to eliminate some of the difficulties that have been put upon us.
Dale Spender