"For there is no sex. There is but sex that is oppressed and sex that oppresses. It is oppression that creates sex and not the contrary."

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Source : Monique Wittig (1992). “The Straight Mind: And Other Essays”, Beacon Press (MA)

Monique Wittig

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“Acting is easier than skating in ia way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.”
“Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect.”
“I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.”

Source : "What Grace Slick is doing now". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. August 17, 2009.
“'White Rabbit' was mostly done in about two days, the music in about half an hour. The music is a 'Bolero' rip-off and the lyrics a rearrangement of 'Alice in Wonderland.' You take two spectacular hits and throw them together, and it's hard to miss.”

Source : Interview with Mary Campbell, articles.latimes.com. January 01, 1993.
“A grown man should always carry cash, right? I don't know who told me, but someone told me that a long time ago, and the biggest turnoff is when a guy doesn't have cash on him.”
“Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.”
“One failed experiment is one step closer to Success”
“But no matter how big the effort to push a propaganda line might be, climate change is bigger. This, undoubtedly and regrettably, is the biggest immediate long-term environmental challenge we face. A failure to concretely come to some policy outcome on climate change has not only a negative environmental impact but also social and economic consequences for us.”

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