Neither is it only that violence which might wound us in our home, or that violence which could force itself into our bodies. For I perceive us to be entwined with delicacies of power which are far more insidious than what society does or does not permit women or men to do. The power is inside our bodies already. Painting our pictures, influencing our words and absence of words, judging ourselves and our bodies, and present in our most deeply considered choices. And so I do not think girls can do anything, any more than men can.
Choices are far more complicated.
Even words are unable to frame many thoughts and so thoughts are charged with vague sensations. I have a quickening of my pulse when I sense the possibility of what I could do. But I do not do it because IT does not exist as a choice. IT does not have a place. IT does not have money attached to it.