“There seems to be a psychological law of inertia that bogs down every hopeful activist and subverts every revolution. When compassion and empathy fail, backsliding begins. Or totalitarianism.” — Pat Califia Copy Share Image
“Prostitution, perversion, and pornography are intertwined with independence and radical politics in the history of outstanding women. Radclyffe Hall, Colette, Anaïs Nin, Kate Millett,… — Pat Califia Copy Share Image
“If a young person is surviving by trading sex for the thing they need, what useful purpose is served by criminalizing that activity? Doesn't… — Pat Califia Copy Share Image
“Insisting on maintaining dignity at all costs is paralyzing. Mistakes are informative, and so is playing the fool” — Pat Califia Copy Share Image
“Sex discrimination and hate crimes against women don't come from the leather community or its pornography. They occur within contexts like industrial capitalism and… — Pat Califia Copy Share Image
“There seems to be a psychological law of inertia that bogs down every hopeful activist and subverts every revolution. When compassion and empathy fail,… — Pat Califia Copy Share Image
“S/M flies in the face of every attempt the state makes to appropriate our bodies, our labor, our time, and our imaginations.…the state is… — Pat Califia Copy Share Image
