The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized.

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I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

When I was your age, television was called books.

When I was your age, television was called books.

The Queen Elizabeth II provides vast amounts of entertainment for an age that has forgotten...

The Queen Elizabeth II provides vast amounts of entertainment for an age that has forgotten...

You live in the age of interdependence. Borders don't count for much or stop much,...

You live in the age of interdependence. Borders don't count for much or stop much,...