Ordinary is a word that has no meaning.

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

Women are a colonized people.

An indigenous feminism has been present in every culture in the world and in every period of history since the suppression of women began.

Metaphor is the energy charge that leaps between images, revealing their connections.

My white skin disgusts me. My passport disgusts me. They are the marks of an insufferable privilege bought at the price of others' agony. If I could peel myself inside out I would be glad. If I could become part of the oppressed I would be free.

people are capable of profound metamorphosis, though unfortunately they rarely avail themselves of this genius, force of habit being an even greater enemy of change than cowardice.