Kathy Acker

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I feel so grateful when I see a movie and there's a woman who looks somewhat like me. I'm like, 'Thank you, Samantha Morton!' You know, a woman who feels like a human being. That means so much to me.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.