We are the women men warned us about.

in the United States ... given the cult of eternal youth, age is ignored unless it can be sentimentalized.

The women's movement is a non-hierarchical one. It does things collectively and experimentally.

Clarity of language is the first casualty of authoritarianism.

... censorship often boils down to some male judges getting to read a lot of dirty books--with one hand.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you (a) become really committed to winning, and (b) become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom.