change starts at the bottom. I think we're disempowered by the idea that it starts at the top, when really change is like a tree. It does start at the bottom.
Gloria SteinemWhy are women raped far away (say, Bosnia) called victims, while those raped nearby (say, a local campus) are playing victim politics?
Gloria Steinemthe less powerful group usually knows the powerful one much better than vice versa - blacks have had to understand whites in order to survive, women have had to know men - yet the powerful group can afford to regard the less powerful one as a mystery.
Gloria Steinem