Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety.
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.
But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.
