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

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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.

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

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...

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

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

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...

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways...

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways...

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

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...

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...

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

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

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I...

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I...

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 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...

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember...

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember...

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have...

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have...