To Choose To Write Is To Reject

Of Course I Am Not Worried About Intimidating Men. The Type Of Man Who Will Be Intimidated By Me Is Exactly The Type Of Man I Have No Interest In.

Culture Does Not Make People - People Make Culture. So If It Is In Fact True That The Full Humanity Of Women Is Not Our Culture, We Must Make It Our Culture. [...] A Feminist Is A Man Or A Woman Who Says, 'yes There Is A Problem With Gender As It Is Today And We Must Fix It. We Must Do Better.'

Relaxing Your Hair Is Like Being In Prison. You're Caged In. Your Hair Rules You. You Didn't Go Running With Curt Today Because You Don't Want To Sweat Out This Straightness. You're Always Battling To Make Your Hair Do What It Wasn't Meant To Do.

Is Love This Misguided Need To Have You Beside Me Most Of The Time? Is Love This Safety I Feel In Our Silences? Is It This Belonging, This Completeness?

I Had Consumed A Lot Of American Culture, But I Was Not Quite Prepared For The Reality Of American Poverty.