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.
Gloria SteinemIt 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.
Gloria SteinemIt is true for me, as for so many countless others, that librarians saved my life, my internal life.
Gloria SteinemA movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.
Gloria Steinem