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Sisterhood is powerful: an anthology of writings from the women's liberation movement

This book compiles a variety of writings that delve into the experiences, perspectives, and struggles of women during the women's liberation movement. more

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Robin Morgan
Robin Morgan

Robin Morgan is an influential American poet born on January 29, 1941. Her poetry is known for its profound social consciousness and feminist perspective, which has had a significant impact on contemporary poetry. more

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“Men love death. In everything they make, they hollow out a central place for death, let its rancid smell contaminate every dimension of whatever still survives. Men especially love murder. In art they celebrate it, and in life they commit it. They embrace murder as if life without it would be devoid of passion, meaning, and action, as if murder were solace, stilling their sobs as they mourn the emptiness and alienation of their lives.”

“Men are rapists, batterers, plunderers, killers; these same men are religious prophets, poets, heroes, figures of romance, adventure, accomplishment, figures ennobled by tragedy and defeat. Men have claimed the earth, called it 'Her'. Men ruin Her. Men have airplanes, guns, bombs, poisonous gases, weapons so perverse and deadly that they defy any authentically human imagination.”

“On the Left, on the Right, in the Middle; Authors, statesmen, thieves; so-called humanists and self-declared fascists; the adventurous and the contemplative, in every realm of male expression and action, violence is experienced and articulated as love and freedom.”