I am worried about this word, this notion - security. I see this word, hear this word, feel this word everywhere. Security check. Security watch. Security clearance. Why has all this focus on security made me feel so much more insecure? ... Why are we suddenly a nation and a people who strive for security above all else?

There is just so much excess in terms of the market for self-remodeling. I think most women are perfectly gorgeous and beautiful the way they are.

To have insurance and have a diagnosis and to have doctors, I just felt it would be immoral on some level to complain.

I was a young feminist in the '70s. Feminism saved my life. It gave me a life. But I saw how so much of what people were saying was not matching up with what they were doing. For example, we were talking about sister solidarity, and women were putting each other down. We were talking about standing up for our rights, and women weren't leaving abusive relationships with men. There were just so many disconnects.

Why don't we bring everyone up to be caring and compassionate, to believe that we are connected with everyone and everything around us?

I have been a depressed person most of m life. I was always in the throes of self-hatred.

Real security is contemplating death, not pretending it doesn't exist.