"Democracy begins with owning our bodies. By that measure, women have rarely lived in a democracy."

"We are linked. We are not ranked."

"What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get married."

"We need to remember that there's no such thing as a 'self-made man' or a 'self-made woman.' We are all made by each other."

"I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry in the first place. Later I would discover this was endemic among female human beings. Anger is supposed to be 'unfeminin…"