“And valuing that which has been taken for granted is something that I’ve always instinctually known is the key to the kind of society I want to live in and raise my children in.”

It’s precisely the people who are considered the least ‘likely’ leaders who end up inspiring others the most.

Movements of people create change – not just any one person or organization, but when lots of people are in motion around a shared vision.

Living longer is about loving longer, learning longer, teaching longer, connecting longer.

One thing I’ve learned, in the face of all kinds of indignities, domestic workers take so much pride in their work and love the children they care for.

We [women] are the majority of the population, majority of the electorate, majority of the workforce… and yet we’re still doing majority of family unpaid or low paid labor.

When I think about the LGBT movement for example, they have had a really intentional strategy to try to change images and representation of LGBT people in the media and the culture.

So many things that are fundamental to a healthy democracy, are under attack. So I think, in general we’ve got a lot of work to do.

And we live longer. Our stuff is not “special interest” stuff. Our stuff is the stuff of the future, of the whole.

If we figure out the supports and infrastructure to make all of that possible – and it is completely within reach.

I’ve always believed it’s important to make the invisible visible.

Domestic employees are at the whim of their employers.

An economy that we need that works for everyone. Where everyone works, everyone counts and everyone contributes.

Everything that we believe in and count on is really in question right now. Our safety net, public education, housing, health care.

It really moved the dial politically. That’s what is needed in the women’s movement – a strategy that can drive awareness and culture change.

I think this is a moment of a lot of possibilities, and openings. Occupy and the 99% movement are really going to break through, and we are going to create a new economy.

I think we really need a movement to drive how popular culture understands the issues that feminists care about.

We were all kind of thrown into the woods and we didn’t have any of the modern conveniences that we take for granted.

I take a lot less for granted.

I have value, and I have worth. I cannot be replaced like old shoes or taken for granted like tap water.

Sadly, that’s not how it works. You take nothing for granted.

Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things – it almost becomes second nature to do so.

Fiction lies somewhere in between. I usually start intuitively but eventually I need to stop and consider structure, or research, or both.

So much depends on our health, and we tend to take it so for granted.

You are not aware of the consequences that would result (if you were granted what you desire) because what you seek might be to your detriment.