From a constitutional point of view George W. Bush passing through the Patriot Act is no worse than Obama renewing it.

“Healthy" and “diseased," as Susan Sontag points out...are often subjective judgments that society makes for its own purposes. Women have long been defined as sick as a means of subjecting them to social control.

The real fight isn't left or right but between forces of democracy across the spectrum and the forces of tyranny.

Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth, and that is not speaking.

The economics of industrialized countries would collapse if women didn't do the work they do for free: According to economist Marilyn Waring, throughout the West it generates between 25 and 40 percent of the gross national product.

'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.

The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right.