Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant

These are miracles, political miracles, and there will be so many more.

Middle-class women rarely understand how complicit they are unless they’ve experienced torture, usually in the home; prostituting women know that every breath is bought by turning oneself inside out so that the blood covers the skin; the skin is ripped; one watches the world like a hunted animal on all fours in the darkest part of every night.

My ideology is simple and left: I believe in redistributing the wealth; everyone should have food and health care, shelter and safety; it’s not right to hurt and deprive people so that they become prostitutes and thieves.