just as politically when there is no vocabulary for discuss… - Marge Piercy

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just as politically when there is no vocabulary for discussing your situation, when you're a woman before there is language of feminism, trying to understand what it's like to be a woman, you have no concepts, no vocabulary for even understanding your own situation.

Marge Piercy

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Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is a Jewish American poet, novelist, and social activist.

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