Unequal access to money and media plus bias, external and internalized, and male-dominant religions and illegality at the polls - all those are reasons for women's wildly unequal political power.

Men may feel just disempowered by intimacy, by being close to a woman, and also by feeling the tender feelings that they're ashamed of.

It's never to late for a happy childhood.

Perhaps the worst thing about suffering is that it finally hardens the hearts of those around it.

I think if we could raise one generation of kids without violence and shaming, we don't know what might be possible.

The best way for us to cultivate fearlessness in our daughters and other young women is by example.

It's obviously a great sign of growth and success that the media no longer try to embody the bigness and diversity of the women's movement in one person. Only a diverse group can symbolize a movement.