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

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.

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

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

Carry yourself as one who will change the world, because you will.

I feel that 'man-hating' is an honourable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them.

A genuine Left doesn't consider anyone's suffering irrelevant or titillating; nor does it function as a microcosm of capitalist economy, with men competing for power and status at the top, and women doing all the work at the bottom.... Goodbye to all that.