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Rape is not aggressive sexuality, but sexualized aggression

"Yo no soy libre en tanto haya otra mujer que no lo sea, aun cuando sus grilletes sean muy diferentes de los míos. Y no soy libre mientras una persona de Color permanezca encadenada. Ni tampoco lo es ninguna de vosotras."

"I am not free while any woman is un unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own."

"Decisions to cut aid for the terminally ill, for the elderly, for dependent children, for food stamps, even school lunches, are being made by men with full stomachs who live in comfortable houses with two cars and umpteen tax shelters.... Revolution is not a one-time event."