Trying to help an oppressed person is like trying to put your arm around somebody with a sunburn.

Trying to help an oppressed person is like trying to put your arm around somebody with a sunburn.

... anybody with the brains and energy to become a teacher ought to want to become something better.

You've got to rattle your cage door. You've got to let them know that you're in there, and that you want out. Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not win right away, but you'll sure have a lot more fun.

I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.

Being a mother is a noble status, right? Right. So why does it change when you put 'unwed' or 'welfare' in front of it?

Countermovements among racists and sexists and nazifiers are just as relentless as dirt on a coffee table. . . . Every housewife knows that if you don't sooner or later dust . . . the whole place will be dirty again.