If [George] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive.

A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.

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

I’ve only ever met one woman who actually was a prostitute of her own free will. She didn’t have a pimp. She could pick and choose her customers. That’s so rare. So we have to look at the reality and not romanticize it. We have to be clear that you have the right to sell your own body but nobody has the right to sell anybody else’s body. No one has that right.

Don't listen to me. Listen to yourself ... People often ask me at this age, 'Who am I passing the torch to?' First of all, I'm not giving up my torch, thank you! I'm using my torch to light other people's torches. ... If we each have a torch, there's a lot more light.

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

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