Overthrowing capitalism is too small for us. We must overthrow the whole...patriarch!

Any insistence on equal pay is crucial and any redefinition of work to include caregiving work so that it also has an economic value, at least at replacement level, that's crucial. So change does come from the bottom up, and it will come from girls and women and men who understand that for us all to be human beings instead of being grouped by gender is good for them, too.

when pain has been intertwined with love and closeness, it's very difficult to believe that love and closeness can be experienced without pain.

In the late '60s, people were saying we need power to, not power over. Power to do, accomplish, create, not power over other people.

Women get hit with a double whammy. If they're attractive, they're presumed to have slept their way to the top. If they're unattractive, they are presumed to have chosen a profession because they could not get a man.

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.

Looking at traditional marriages, it seems the surest way for a woman to be alone is to get married.