For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable.

women used to be elected only when their husbands died and they became widows. The men found this was too hard on them. That's why they've become feminists.

We have to know before we can act.

Karla Jay's intimate account of life in the early years of feminism and gay liberation is as irresistible as a novel, but as credible, humorous, and unexpected as real life.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

Feminism isn't whatever you want it to be.

Nothing will happen automatically. Change depends on what you and I do every day.