Quotations

"Let’s be gentle with ourselves and each other and fierce as we fight oppression."
Dean Spade
For Lovers and Fighters

"One possible solution lies in decentralized and freely available bodies of medical knowledge, resources developed by and for the people who need them most.”
Doug Bierend
Meet the GynePunks: Pushing the Boundaries of DIY Gynecology, Motherboard

"Uniformity is not nature's way; diversity is nature's way."
Vandana Shiva

“When we don’t use our bodies in [a normative] way, then we’re marginalized, were discriminated against, we’re ostracized.”
Ignacio Rivera
Svati Shah, Sex Work and Queer Politics in Three Acts, Scholar & Feminist Online

“Cyberfeminism must work harder to connect to the material lives and lived bodily experiences of women."
Mary Hocks
Cyberfeminism Intersects Writing Research, Webbing Cyberfeminist Practice

"[We must] talk about what is sexual heath in our community, regardless of whether an individual has sold sex or not, [is in] a monogamous or polyamorous relationship, likes orgies, or is bisexual. Regardless of your identity, how do we create a sexually healthy community? Because it’s important.”
Felix Gardon
Svati Shah, Sex Work and Queer Politics in Three Acts, Scholar & Feminist Online

"[We are] withholding crucial information about sex from [women] and leaving them isolated in the realm of the family where they are most likely to be hurt.”
Kate Bedford and Janet Jakobsen
Towards a Vision of Sexual and Economic Justice, Barnard Center for Research on Women.