Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women.

Quote by Adrienne Rich

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...

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...

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

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

In order to live a fully human life we require not only control of our...

In order to live a fully human life we require not only control of our...

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human...

The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human...

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...

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...

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

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...

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.

The moment of change is the only poem.

The moment of change is the only poem.

The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in...

The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in...

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...

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 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...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

Once man demanded virtue in woman; now all he expects is that she be discreet.

Once man demanded virtue in woman; now all he expects is that she be discreet.