Clarity of language is the first casualty of authoritarianism.

The subtlest and most vicious aspect of women's oppression is that we have been conditioned to believe we are not oppressed, blinded so as not to see our own condition.

White males are the most responsible for the destruction of human life and environment on the planet today.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

The "Otherizing" of women is the oldest oppression known to our species, and it's the model, the template, for all other oppressions.

For a poet, making poems is a way of viewing the world, being in the world, breathing.

Where else could one find such a perfect combination of American values -- racism, militarism, capitalism -- all packaged in one 'ideal' symbol, a woman.