Quote of the Day

(Trigger warning: lethal violence)

"At the time, I thought to be a feminist meant you had to be militant." (...) "I realized many years later that in my life and actions, of course I was a feminist. I was a woman studying engineering and I held my head up."
- Nathalie Provost (one of the four women who survived the Montreal Massacre after being wounded), in the Toronto Star

Tip of the CaitieCap to BC, a friend, and a fierce ally to Haitian activists for peace and justice in that country.

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