Power Imbalances Quotes

“Think of it in terms of men's and women's cultures: women live in male systems, know male rules, speak male language when around men, etc. But what do men really know about women? Only screwed up myths concocted to perpetuate the power imbalance. It is the same situation when it comes to dominant and non-dominant or colonizing and colonized cultures/ countries/ people. As a bilingual/bicultural woman whose native culture is not American, I live in an American system, abide by American rules of conduct, speak English when around English speakers, etc., only to be confronted with utter ignorance or concocted myths and stereotypes about my own culture.

-- Judit Moschkovich - "--But I Know You, American Woman”
― Cherríe L. Moraga, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color

“Fuck the king because you can be sure the king is already fucking you.”
― Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole

“She thinks to herself, If I was saved, there must be a reason.”
― Naomi Alderman, The Power