Ursula Le Guin
And from Ursula Le Guin's Guest of Honour Speech at Wiscon 20:
And ain't I a woman? And ain't I a feminist? And ain't I an American, and a radical, and ain't I politically correct? Yes I am. I'm as politically correct as I know how to be , and nobody is going to shame me out of talking the way I think is right and working for what I love and against what I hate. I love freedom. I hate profit-motive capitalism and I hate bigotry and I hate race prejudice and I hate misogyny and homophobia and I hate censorship and I hate injustice and I also hate mealy-mouthing. To women who say 'Oh I'm a feminist, but' - I say, lady, you're sitting on it. If you don't like the way we're working for freedom, then find us a better way, but don't pretend we aren't all in this together. To men who call me a castrating bitch I say, brother, your balls are your business; I'm not raising steers. I'm raising hell. I tried to raise as much of the next generation as I was responsible for as well as I could. And now that I'm old, I want to see that generation raising its own hell and raising its daughters and sons to seek justice, seek equality, seek freedom. Right now, right here, on Earth.
And ain't I a woman? And ain't I a feminist? And ain't I an American, and a radical, and ain't I politically correct? Yes I am. I'm as politically correct as I know how to be , and nobody is going to shame me out of talking the way I think is right and working for what I love and against what I hate. I love freedom. I hate profit-motive capitalism and I hate bigotry and I hate race prejudice and I hate misogyny and homophobia and I hate censorship and I hate injustice and I also hate mealy-mouthing. To women who say 'Oh I'm a feminist, but' - I say, lady, you're sitting on it. If you don't like the way we're working for freedom, then find us a better way, but don't pretend we aren't all in this together. To men who call me a castrating bitch I say, brother, your balls are your business; I'm not raising steers. I'm raising hell. I tried to raise as much of the next generation as I was responsible for as well as I could. And now that I'm old, I want to see that generation raising its own hell and raising its daughters and sons to seek justice, seek equality, seek freedom. Right now, right here, on Earth.