For a radical feminist to try to change the church was like a black person trying to reform the Ku Klux Klan.

Radical feminism is still threatening.

I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

Tokenism does not change stereotypes of social systems but works to preserve them, since it dulls the revolutionary impulse

This is stupid. Very, very stupid. I don't even have a tear-stained dog to wave bye to me. But I told everyone I was gonna do this, so I gotta do it... or I will be living a life of feminist-sounding somedays. And I will be more responsible, powerful, and amazing afterward. I will be able to do anything and not self-consciously stare at elevator numbers when the doors close.
I will look the other person in right the eye and nod hello.