The bottom line is

The bottom line is that every single member of Congress has to get voted into office every two or six years. That means they need to look really good in their home district and state. That means good local press. That means people in their district thinking, Man, I really don’t like Congress, but I … Read more

The absolute bedrock of

The absolute bedrock of our independence is having control over our own bodies. You cannot be independent if the government or someone else says whether or not you can use birth control. Unless you’re in charge of your body, you’re not in charge of anything. I think that’s really the bottom line of feminism. Erica … Read more

A triumphalist corporate capitalism,

A triumphalist corporate capitalism, free at last of the specter of Communism, has mobilized its economic power to relentlessly marginalize all nonmarket values; to subordinate every aspect of American life to corporate \”efficiency\” and the bottom line; to demonize not only government but the very idea of public service and public goods. Ellen Willis

And the bottom line

And the bottom line is we are who we are-we look a certain way, we talk a certain way, we walk a certain way. I strut because I’m a supermodel, and sometimes I gallop for fun. When we learn to accept that, other people learn to accept us. So be who you really are. Embrace … Read more