Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why…

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Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not...

Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not...

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so...

Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so...

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second...

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second...

That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be...

That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be...

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high...

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high...