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I can't keep myself from playing roles. The emotionless decadent, looking for diversion from boredom, is a favorite. By Ellen Willis
Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence. By Ellen Willis
On one level the sixties revolt was an impressive illustration of Lenin's remark that the capitalist will sell you the rope to hang him with. By Ellen Willis
For the most part, Americans speak of culture and politics as if they were two separate realms. By Ellen Willis
Give people the power to shape their lives to their liking, and their souls will take care of themselves. By Ellen Willis
The artificial separation of politics and culture is nowhere more pronounced than in the discourse of foreign policy and international affairs. By Ellen Willis
To imagine that trauma casts out fantasy is a dangerous mistake. By Ellen Willis
I believe that we are all, openly or secretly, struggling against one or another kind of nihilism. By Ellen Willis
As it is, the profusion of commodities is a genuine and powerful compensation for oppression. By Ellen Willis
What turns me on is erotica; what turns you on is pornographic. By Ellen Willis
My deepest impulses are optimistic, an attitude that seems to me as spiritually necessary and proper as it is intellectually suspect. By Ellen Willis
Take back the night? How can women take back the night when they've never had it? By Ellen Willis
Mass consumption, advertising, and mass art are a corporate Frankenstein; while they reinforce the system, they also undermine it. By Ellen Willis
