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Wandering on foot can lead to the wandering of imagination and to an understanding that is creation itself, the activity that makes introspection an outdoor pursuit.

«"Sexual assault". If that term confuses you take out the word “sexual” and just focus on “assault,” on violence, on the refusal to treat someone as a human being, on the denial of the most basic of human rights, the right to bodily integrity and self-determination. “The rights of man” was one of the great phrases of the French Revolution, but it’s always been questionable whether it included the rights of women.»

Violence doesn’t have a race, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender.

I read one eassy a day and I simply can't believe it. I feel terribly sorry, what a world we live in!

The battle for women to be treated like human beings with rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of involvement in cultural and political arenas continues, and it is sometimes a pretty grim battle. Having the right to show up and speak are basic to survival, to dignity, and to liberty.