The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board.
The "Otherizing" of women is the oldest oppression known to our species, and it's the model, the template, for all other oppressions.
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.
I am an artist and a political being as well.
Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange.
Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.
Listen - life is really going on, right now, around us. Do you see it? Sometimes I lose it but if I sit still and listen, it comes back, and then I think, How funny, this is what being alive is.
The gates of Hell are terrible to behold, are they not?
If I look back, my mother was always out. I can remember the perfume and her scarlet chiffon dress and crystal beads, going to a party. She used to play her violin at restaurants later on in life and at old people's homes. She loved the races, which she used to take me to as a child: our carpets were bought with her winnings. Loved her chickens.
There's always been a women's movement this century!
As if she had summoned them, a flurry of stones flew out of the darkness, striking his mail, pinging off his helm. One hit his unprotected leg and he yelped and clutched it. That was a mistake. The second barrage was entirely directed at his legs.