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

Let's put one lie to rest for all time: the lie that men are oppressed, too, by sexism-the lie that there can be such a thing as men's liberation groups.

Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers

Sisterhood is powerful.

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

Clarity of language is the first casualty of authoritarianism.

I still gasp at the revealing lingo for weapons: erector launchers, thrust ratios; my teeth grind reflexively when Dubya sputters Eye-Rack and Eye-Ran have 'nookyular capabacity.