If we have reproductive freedom, that is the ability to decide for ourselves when and whether to have children and what happens to our bodies, sexism can be reversed. It's the understanding that it's not inevitable. I think that is crucial.

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

In art, women could never get training. They couldn't get their work out into the world even when they could get training.

Anyone who has ever experienced dehumanized life on welfare or any other confidence-shaking dependency knows that a paid job may be preferable to the dole, even when the handout is coming from a family member.

Inner space is the real frontier.

It used to be said that this country was a child-centered one. Nothing could be further from the truth. Children have been our lowest priority, both in economic and emotional spending.

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.