Raised' Consciousness Means Lifelong Bumping Up Against

Where Else Could One Find Such A Perfect Combination Of American Values -- Racism, Militarism, Capitalism -- All Packaged In One 'ideal' Symbol, A Woman.

I Do Believe Deeply That All Human Beings, Male And Female, Are Sexual Beings, Most Likely Bisexual Beings Channeled This Way And That By Cultures Terrified Of Boundary Crossings Without Passports Stamped Gay Or Straight.

For A Poet, Making Poems Is A Way Of Viewing The World, Being In The World, Breathing.

The "otherizing" Of Women Is The Oldest Oppression Known To Our Species, And It's The Model, The Template, For All Other Oppressions.

An Indigenous Feminism Has Been Present In Every Culture In The World And In Every Period Of History Since The Suppression Of Women Began.