Susie Bright
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Biography
Susannah Bright is an American feminist, author and journalist, often writing on the subject of politics and sexuality.
"Sometimes I wonder if MacKinnon has simply been driven mad by all the sick things people do to one another. I, too, recoil in pain and incomprehension whenever I hear about the latest psychopath who has shot his mother, machine-gunned his coworkers, raped his daughter, or slashed a prostitute. I notice that such men are more likely to have read the Bible than pornography, but I do not hold either script responsible for their actions."
"Sexual speech, not MacKinnon's speech, is the most repressed and disdained kind of expression in our world, and MacKinnon is no rebel or radical to attack it."
"I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their education, to their successful independence, to their sexual self-knowledge."
"My idea of the ideal sex education site doesn't exist."
"I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom."
"I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood."
"I'm like the kid in kindergarten I really do send valentines to everyone."