We don't have a clear path forward, and that's been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began.

But come back in November or December, in February or March, when the fog, la nebbia, settles upon the city like a marvelous monster, and you will have little trouble believing that things can appear and disappear in this labyrinthine city, or that time here could easily slip in its sprockets and take you, willingly or unwillingly, back.

Motherhood cannot finally be delegated. Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers...but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.

I started with poetry because it was direct, immediate, and short. It was the ecstasy of striking matches in the dark.

is there not an Arabick Proverb which goes, 'No one throws Stones at a Barren Tree'?

Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.

I don't believe in organized religion. I believe that people should try to connect with their own life force and let it lead them to do with their lives what they will find satisfying.