The greatest feminists have ...

The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I\'m thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho. You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I'm thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho. You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
 Erica Jong

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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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We don't have a clear path forward, and that's been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began.
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I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.
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All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes.
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