Why must the woman apologize for not having a baby just because she happened to get pregnant? It's as if we think motherhood is the default setting for a woman's life from first period to menopause, and she needs a… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it’s good for everyone that they have this… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
“I should say that it was only for me that Marxism seemed over. Surely, I would tell G. at least once a week, it had to count for something that every single self-described Marxist state had turned into an economically backward dictatorship. Irrelevant, he would reply. The real Marxists weren’t the Leninists and Stalinists and Maoists—or the Trotskyists either, those… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share
One of the very important ideas of feminism for me has always been women helping and supporting each other. — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
funny how ready people are to believe that counseling, which even when voluntary takes years to modify garden-variety neuroses, can work wonders in months… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
Why must the woman apologize for not having a baby just because she happened to get pregnant? It's as if we think motherhood is… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
“Maybe I’m not cut out for monogamy,” G. had said to me early on. “Maybe I should just live in a room by myself and have girlfriends.” Another woman might have said, “Now, where did I put my coat?” Being a madly infatuated rationalist who had read her Simone de Beauvoir, I took a deep breath and carefully and calmly… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share
For many people, feminism is one of those words of which, as St. Augustine said about time, they know the meaning as long as… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
When it comes to ideas - and religions are, among other things, ideas - there is no right not to be offended. ... In… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
In a better world, science teachers would teach creationism along with evolution as an exercise in critical thinking. — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision and move on with their lives. We need… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
“I’m a writer; I can float for hours on a word like “amethyst” or “broom” or the way so many words sound like what they are: “earth” so firm and basic, “air” so light, like a breath. You can’t imagine them the other way around: She plunged her hands into the rich brown air. Sometimes I think I would like… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share
A feminist is a person who answers 'yes' to the question 'Are women human?' Feminism is not about whether women are better than, worse… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
