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“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

Book:Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985

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Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985

This book compiles a selection of prose writings from the specified time period, showcasing the author's literary style and thematic concerns during that era. more

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Adrienne Rich was an American poet known for her profound poetry and feminist perspective. Her works explored themes such as gender, politics, and social justice, having a profound impact on contemporary poetry. more

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“The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival.”

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Book:Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution

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“We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless, our thinking and feeling are still running in the old cycles, our process may be 'revolutionary' but not transformative.”

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“Lying is done with words and also with silence.”

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Book:Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations

Source: Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations

“The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”

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“A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.”

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“When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.”

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Source: Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations

“The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown.”

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Book:Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution

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“It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful.”

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“A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire.”

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“The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by workers.”

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Book:Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution

Source: Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution