Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.
BELL HOOKSIf we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.
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We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they’re beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
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Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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