I Don't Get Tired, Because Every Time

I Don't Get Tired, Because Every Time A Woman Doesn't Die Or Doesn't Get Beaten Or Doesn't Get Raped Or Doesn't Get Honor-killed Or Doesn't Get Acid-burned, It's A Huge Victory.

I Think So Much Of Neoliberalism And Capitalism Has Caused People To Live In A State Of Greed, Fear And Consumption That Is Covering Up So Much Of What We Really Want.

What I Believe Is That We Have This Extraordinary Spirit Inside Ourselves, Which For Me Is Our Buddha Nature. I Believe We Are In The Process Of Opening And Getting Closer And Closer To Our Buddha Nature And Stripping Away All That Is Covering It. I Don't Think I'm Going To End Up Meeting This One Being Up There Or Out There.

I Think So Much Of My Early Life, Even Though I Grew Up White And Middle Class, I Was Completely Shattered By The Horrifically Violent Atmosphere I Grew Up In. I Am A Consequence Of Violence. That Opened A Door To Many Realities That I Would Not Have Experienced Had I Not Survived What I Did.

When I Wrote 'the Good Body,' I Turned 40 And Suddenly Had This Stomach. It Seemed Like The End Of The World. Because I Didn't Value My Body. I Was Constantly Judging It, But I Also Didn't Live In It.