Labeling makes the invisible visible, but it's limiting. Categories are the enemy of connecting. Link, don't rank.

Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form.

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it.

The power of the state stops at our skins. They can't restrict contraception [or] abortion. They can't take our kidneys. Bodily integrity is a principle.

Why are women raped far away (say, Bosnia) called victims, while those raped nearby (say, a local campus) are playing victim politics?

I think I've wasted some of my time, but used most of it well, and have realized that my life is not separate from other people's lives or from the universe. I think our moments of happiness really come from a feeling of unity.

I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.