There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
BELL HOOKSHonesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.
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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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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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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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A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I’m committed to loving you, then it’s not possible for me to fall out of love.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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