"Since our society continues to be primarily a "Christian" culture masses of people continue to believe that god has ordained that women be subordina… - bell hooks

If we are lucky enough as children to be surrounded by grown-ups who love us, then our sense of wholeness is not just the sense of completeness in ourselves but also is the sense of belonging to others and to our place; it is an unconscious awareness of community, of having in common. It may be that this double sense of singular integrity and of communal belonging is our personal standard of health for as long as we live…we seem to know instinctively that health is not divided.

No other group in America has used black people as metaphors as extensively as white women involved in the women’s movement.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it's a decision, it's a judgement, it's a promise.