Susan Brownmiller on Harvey Weinstein

"The woman's folklore of rape - cases that ever reach a court of law - is an oral history of abuses be men in positions of authority...the producer that preys on a starlet's ambition...these are examples of what men would call seduction...but the imposition...by an authority figure is hardly consensual or 'equal'..."

Susan Brownmiller in Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape, 1975

Memories of a Summer 2005

Accidentally driving over the Tappan Zee Bridge, cashiers covering the Yonkers' store summer picnic, 40-something chauffeur and coworker cashier (and mom of coworker and co-passenger cashier) singing "Don't cha wish your girlfriend was freak. like. me?..."

It popped in my mind for whatever reason as I left work for the weekend...