The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown.

Quote by Adrienne Rich

I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and...

I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and...

When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around...

When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around...

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real...

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real...

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be...

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be...

False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never...

False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never...

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some...

They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some...

We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the...

We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the...

I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn't know that, and...

I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn't know that, and...

The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.

The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.

A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.

A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when...

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when...

The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the...

The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the...

We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains...

We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains...

The moment of change is the only poem.

The moment of change is the only poem.

Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the...

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the...

Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting...

Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting...

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and...

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and...