I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a way because it can't be seen fully. It's sorta internal censorship. We censor each other.

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And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be...

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be...

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.

But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.

But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful...

Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful...

I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.

I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.

That's what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing.

That's what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing.

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I...

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I...

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where...

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where...

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to...

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to...

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free...

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free...

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students...

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students...

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.