The problem with not having anybody to tell you what to do, I understood, is that there was nobody to tell you what not to do.
But finding a voice-let's be clear-is a political act. It defines a moment of presence, of being awake; and it involves not only self-understanding, but the ability to transmit that selfunderstanding to others. . . To experience yourself as "voiceless" is a definition of depression, subjugation, and being counted out. .