” I work with women consumed with the struggle to rewrite histories penned in blood and broken bones. I have read enough feminist theory to disbelieve the gender binary. But here is a binary for you:

Masculine - a gun, a knife, a fist, a cock, a baseball bat, a fireplace poker, a frying pan, boiling water, lit cigarettes; feminine - thirty-five cents and five minutes for a single phone call I have to leave please help me before he kills me, the clothes on her back and her children in her arms, wait until he leaves for an hour, goes to work, passes out drunk.

I have a hard time thinking outside that one sometimes.”