When men realize that feminism is a universal good that affects them in very intimate ways then I think they really become allies and leaders.

Writers - we're a little crazy about how much we care about it. We spend a lot of time fussing. At least, I do.

Having someone who looks like us but thinks like them is worse than having no one at all.

I would say don't worry about what you should do, do whatever you can. And seek companions with shared values.

Oppression has no logic--just a self-fulfilling prophecy, justified by a self-perpetuating system.

If we were going to address what involves the biggest number of women, reproductive freedom is a fundamental human right - like freedom of speech, the most basic right. Freedom from violence, since women worldwide are still like 70% at least of all victims of violence. Equality in the family, democracy in the family, since the family is the microcosm of everything else, so if you have inequality and violence in the family, it normalizes it in the street, for foreign policy, for every place else.

If women could sleep their way to the top, there'd be a lot more women at the top.