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Sexuality is to feminism what work is to Marxism.


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Power is being able to say complete and utter nonsense and have it be believed, powerlessness is where no matter how much cogent evidence and proof one has, to not be believed.

Power is being able to say complete and utter nonsense and have it be believed, powerlessness is where no matter how much cogent evidence and proof one has, to not be believed.



Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist theory is rooted.

Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist theory is rooted.



Feminism, Socialism, and Communism are one in the same, and Socialist/Communist government is the goal of feminism.

Feminism, Socialism, and Communism are one in the same, and Socialist/Communist government is the goal of feminism.



Feminism is built on believing women's accounts of sexual use and abuse by men.

Feminism is built on believing women's accounts of sexual use and abuse by men.



It's mainly a few elite women who benefit greatly from standing with the forces that keep women down.

It's mainly a few elite women who benefit greatly from standing with the forces that keep women down.



Men, permitted to put words (and other things) in women's mouths, create scenes in which women desperately want to be bound, battered, tortured, humiliated, and killed.

Men, permitted to put words (and other things) in women's mouths, create scenes in which women desperately want to be bound, battered, tortured, humiliated, and killed.



You grow up with your father holding you down and covering your mouth so another man can make a horrible searing pain between your legs.

You grow up with your father holding you down and covering your mouth so another man can make a horrible searing pain between your legs.



So the idea that there is nothing essential, in the sense that there are no human universals, is dogma. Ask most anyone who is going to be shot at dawn.

So the idea that there is nothing essential, in the sense that there are no human universals, is dogma. Ask most anyone who is going to be shot at dawn.



The arena of logic was made by men for men; it was expressly founded on the exclusion of what is not male, as well as what is not Greek, not Christian, nor Western, not Aryan.

The arena of logic was made by men for men; it was expressly founded on the exclusion of what is not male, as well as what is not Greek, not Christian, nor Western, not Aryan.



What postmodernism gives us instead is a multicultural defense for male violence - a defense for it wherever it is, which in effect is a pretty universal defense.

What postmodernism gives us instead is a multicultural defense for male violence - a defense for it wherever it is, which in effect is a pretty universal defense.





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When you've understood this scripture, throw it away. If you can't understand this scripture, throw it away. I insist on your freedom.

When you've understood this scripture, throw it away. If you can't understand this scripture, throw it away. I insist on your freedom.



Summits are best at dealing with problems, where the need for action is urgent and the range of possible actions limited. They are less good at dealing with opportunities.

Summits are best at dealing with problems, where the need for action is urgent and the range of possible actions limited. They are less good at dealing with opportunities.



My life and art have not been separated. They have been together.

My life and art have not been separated. They have been together.



…find freedom, aliveness, and power not from what contains, locates, or protects us, but from what dissolves, reveals, and expands us.

…find freedom, aliveness, and power not from what contains, locates, or protects us, but from what dissolves, reveals, and expands us.



My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable.

My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable.



The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has to be explained, then it’s a failure in communication.

The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has to be explained, then it’s a failure in communication.



You're not asking me to guess the mind of Matrim Cauthon, are you?" Elayne asked. "I'm convinced that Mat only acts simple so that people will let him get away with more.

You're not asking me to guess the mind of Matrim Cauthon, are you?" Elayne asked. "I'm convinced that Mat only acts simple so that people will let him get away with more.



I think it can be quite impossible to think well of yourself, so I prefer not to think about that too much. But I am very pleased, obviously.

I think it can be quite impossible to think well of yourself, so I prefer not to think about that too much. But I am very pleased, obviously.



Yes, I loved MASH. As we are sitting here now talking, it's playing somewhere in the world.

Yes, I loved MASH. As we are sitting here now talking, it's playing somewhere in the world.



In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.




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