Occupation: Author Birth: September 25, 1952
The soul of our politics is the commitment to ending domination..
I want there to be a place in the world where people can engage in one another’s differences in a way that is redemptive, full of hope and possibilit….
The transformative power of love is not fully embraced in our society because we often wrongly believe that torment and anguish are our ‘natural’ con….
I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society — because once you marry within a societ….
Privilege is not in and of itself bad; what matters is what we do with privilege. I want to live in a world where all women have access to education,….
Part of the racialized sexism wants everyone to think that a 15-year old Mexican is not a girl, she’s a woman. We know she’s a girl. We can never emp….
To live fixated on the future is to engage in psychological denial. It is a form of psychic violence that prepares us to accept the violence needed t….
I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words..
Our freedom is sweet. It will be sweeter when we are all free..
... privacy is ... connected to a politics of domination..
Couples who rarely or never have sex can know lifelong love..
Both men and women remain in dysfunctional, loveless relationships when it is materially opportune..
Loving friendships provide us with a space to experience the joy of community in a relationship where we learn to process all our issues, to cope wit….
Usually, when people talk about the "strength" of black women . . . . they ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the ….
One of the things I find most exciting is talking with people who are working with my work. Who are using it in some way with their life to address e….
Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know..
In an ideal world we would all learn in childhood to love ourselves. We would grow, being secure in our worth and value, spreading love wherever we w….
It is a distortion of the notion of romantic love to want to see obedience as the quintessential expression of respect..
Time and time again when I talk to individuals about approaching love with will and intentionality, I hear the fear expressed that this will bring an….
The notion that black folks have nothing to learn from scholarship that may reflect racial or racist biases is dangerous. It promotes closed-mindedne….
Changing how we see images is clearly one way to change the world..