Occupation: Author Birth: September 25, 1952
Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue..
Whenever domination is present, love is lacking..
Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be “just humans” within the framework of white supremacy ….
Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other..
The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, ….
I think we have to choose, what are the issues that really matter? We have to trust that..
Within the new self-help books for women, patriarachy and male domination are rarely identified as forces that lead to the oppression, exploitation, ….
I mostly want to remind her of the recipes of healing, and give her my own made-on-the spot remedy for the easing of her pain. I tell her, “Get a pen….
I feel sad that we have allowed these knee-jerk feminists who want to act like it's a struggle against men...but again that's the least politically d….
A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment. This is the ….
Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good art, and I think this has been a very negative thing. I know that I have wanted….
Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart..
Feminist politics aims to end domination, to free us to be who we are - to live lives where we love justice, where we can live in peace. Feminism is ….
Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear,….
While it has become “cool” for white folks to hang out with black people and express pleasure in black culture, most white people do not feel that th….
I grew up in the midst of poverty but every black kid that I knew could read and write. We have to talk about the fact that we cannot educate for cri….
Spirituality and spiritual life give us the strength to love..
Feminism as a theoretical enterprise is approached differently by Black women depending on where we are. There are more reformist Black women who ten….
Power feminism is just another scam in which women get to play patriarchs and pretend that the power we seek and gain liberates us..
For black folks, the camera provided a means to document a reality that could, if necessary, be packed, stored, moved from place to place... [Photogr….
Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair..