Sunday, November 19, 2006







We need a new kind of feminism, one that stresses personal responsibility and is open to art and sex in all their dark, unconsoling mysteries. The feminist of the fin de siecle will be bawdy, streetwise, and on-the-spot confrontational, in the prankish Sixties way - Camille Paglia


I would also assert that we need to revision feminism in a way that expands to make enough room for a huge diversity of womens voices throughout the world, including specific views, needs, and interests that may be quite different from our own. We need a vision that is essentially Life-affirming and connects us all ecologically, rooted in a deep respect and conscious re-valuing for what has been traditional womens work - in particular child rearing and homemaking. Although these roles may not interest us personally, they are the sacred foundations of human culture and deserve our support as a society.

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