quotes by Inga Muscio

"Men who refuse to use condoms do not deserve to be fucked by anyone but other men who refuse to use condoms."
— Inga Muscio

"when you educate yourself about clitoredectomies, infibulation, forced prostitution, rape as a war tactic, patriarchal religions, women painters, filmmakers, poets, writers, activists, politicians, sex-industry workers, historians, archelogoists and musicians, that’s self-protection."
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)

"What happens to people living in a society where everyone in power is lying, stealing, cheating and killing, and in our hearts we all know this, but the consequences of facing all these lies are so monstrous, we keep on hoping that maybe the corporate government administration and media are on the level with us this time.
Americans remind me of survivors of domestic abuse.
This is always the hope that this is the very, very, very last time one's ribs get re-broken again. "
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)

"Men who refuse to use condoms do not deserve to be fucked by anyone but other men who refuse to use condoms" (AMEN)"
— Inga Muscio

"Yesterday I felt like shit, so I rode my bike around town and repeatedly grafittied “The revolution is not being televised” in paint pen. It was a “pointless” action, but it nonetheless healed me to do this. It was an act of love for that “hooligan” Arundhati Roy. It was an act of self-love. I don’t expect it to change the world, but on the other hand, I know it will."
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)

"Do not, under any circumstances, put this book down and turn on the teevee.

The teevee debilitates our culture. "
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)

"What if one out of every three multinational corporation CEO's were raped every year? Don't you think that would raise a kind of ruckus?"
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)

"But people are not butterflies, right.
People are, well, more important than butterflies.
We have opposable thumbs, hello.
You can't possibly compare the sanctity of a human's life with that of a butterfly. In our culture you can and, indeed, must quantify sanctity, and butterflies have less than people. "
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)

"Any rapist would feel pretty dang upset to see his car packed full with rotting fish heads and limburger cheese...Also, if the 542 women responsible were crowded onto the street where he lived, insisting that he move himself and his stinky car to another locale.

Nobody likes to be pelted with 2060 bloody tampons."
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)

"..by honouring the demands of our bleeding, our blood gives us something in return. The crazed bitch from irritation hell recedes. In her place arises a side of ourselves with whom we may not-at first- be comfortable. She is a vulnerable, highly perceptive genius who can ponder a given issue and take her world by storm. When we're quiet and bleeding, we stumble upon solutions to dilemmas that've been bugging us all month. Inspiration hits and moments of epiphany rumba 'cross de tundra of our senses. In this mode of existence one does not feel antipathy towards a bodily ritual that so profoundly and reinforces our cuntpower. "
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)

"Even if you are one of the "lucky" ones, who has somehow, magically survived life in this culture without the "taint" of sexual violence in your life, you nevertheless suffer from the complexities of being socialised in a culture of heinous abuse. "
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)

"I can't think of any other culture that manages to rape so many of its children. I think it is weird to live in a culture that does this. "
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)

"Here is the physics: A positive action yields a positive reaction. At present, the cultural reaction to rape is generally a negative, shame-filled silence.
Fine, let the culture react that way.
We have the power to put something else there. Women can react in our own poetic, imaginative way, utilising the resources in our community. We have power in numbers, and many, many means of communication."
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)

"Cuntlovin Public Retaliation is a valid cultural custom. Different tribes decide how to implement this custom in the community.
It could be highly effective.
Most importantly, with a little love, communication, temporary organisation and networking, Cuntlovin' Public Retaliation is very, very possible.

It is also very, very up to you. "
— Inga Muscio (Cunt: A Declaration of Independence)