It doesn't matter what word we use, if it has the same content, it will be treated in the same way. There are other words - there's "womanist," there's "mujerista," there's "women's liberationist" - all mean the same thing and they get the same ridicule. I think we just need to choose what word we feel comfortable with that says women are full human beings, and whatever that word is, it will get a lot of opposition. But it will also attract a lot of support. But this is a revolution, not a public relations movement.

This is what forty looks like. We've been lying so long, who would know?

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.

It's a big gift to be recognizable as part of something that matters to people, but that's not the same as being responsible for something.

Each others' lives are our best textbooks.

Self-hatred leads to the need either to dominate or to be dominated.

I'm completely happy not having children. I mean, everybody does not have to live in the same way. And as somebody said, "Everybody with a womb doesn't have to have a child any more than everybody with vocal cords has to be an opera singer."