We can't compare stories. We can only know in our hearts that we are the same. That may be the best we can do.
The work that must be done for each woman to reconnect with her psyche and to give herself a chance to live her own life is essentially the same. The realization of the equality of all races, the equality of all beings is essential.
The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.
The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.
T Bone is genius. The way they've recorded my voice and the instrumentation to these songs is really quite extraordinary.
T Bone and I grew up together in Fort Worth, Texas. He had his own recording studio by the time he was seventeen years old. When we were both nineteen he made the first archival recording of my voice.
So, when the discussion about not using the term feminist came up at a conference workshop, I couldn't believe it. The more I listened, the more I felt the need to express my passion about my identity as a feminist.
Our stories are different; our pain is the same.