You Can Call Me Mama

My Right To Speak My Mind, To Have A Voice, To Be What Some Have Called 'opinionated' Is A Right I Deeply And Profoundly Cherish. My Only Hope Is That, One Day Soon, Women Who Have All Earned The Right To Their Opinions -- Instead Of Being Called 'opinionated' Will Be Called Smart And Well-informed, Just Like Men.

I Grew Up In A Dictatorship In East Africa.

If You Want To Be Loved By Everyone, Don't Go Into Politics.

It's Time That We Acknowledge The Wisdom Women Have Acquired By Managing The Chaos Of Daily Life. Women Are Realists, The Glue That Holds Society Together. They Bring A Reverence To Life That's Instinctual, Not Just Intellectual.

I Mention My Age Because I Find People In This Country - Women, Not Men, Of Course - Women Are So Troubled By Their Age. There's A Culture Of Youth, And It's A Phony Culture.