“I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community.”
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When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.
When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture.
The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
