The word revolution itself has become not only a dead relic of Leftism…

Adrienne Rich
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The word revolution itself has become not only a dead relic of Leftism, but a key to the deadendedness of male politics: the revolution of a wheel which returns in the end to the same place; the revolving door of a politics which has liberated women only to use them, and only within the limits of male tolerance. ✨ Adrienne Rich (1995). On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose 1966-1978, p.137, W. W. Norton & Company
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