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.

Overthrowing capitalism is too small for us. We must overthrow the whole...patriarch!

Behave like everything you do matters.

Our own lives feel so disordered and confusing, so it's amazing to me that the filmmakers caught the personal, emotional high points and low points of my life and not just the public aspects.

God knows (She knows) that women try.

Feminism is not antisexuality. On the contrary. It says that sexuality shouldn't be confused with violence and dominance and that it should be a matter of free choice. It shouldn't be forced on you by economics, including dependence on a husband, or by pressure.

I haven't been in a job situation in which I was competing with other women. As a writer, you're more likely to be treated as an individual.