Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
BELL HOOKSGiving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.
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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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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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Feminism is for everybody.
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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Love is really more of an interactive process. It’s about what we do not just what we feel. It’s a verb, not a noun.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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