The State of Feminism

I think a lot of what we need to do is symbolized by what we're doing. We only experience real empathy when we are flooded with oxytocin, I believe, which is what happens when we are together. And it's crucial that we are together in the most diverse ways possible, because otherwise oxytocin is not unifying in the way that it should be. So I hope that you'll consider this living room part of your planning and your own meeting places, whatever they may be. Because we may have computers and iPhones and all of that, but they don't generate oxytocin. They don’t allow us to really empathize and experience what everybody else is experiencing. So I hope that we will also feel free to say any current actions or online activities that need support that this group could make happen. I hope that you will continue to consider this living room, as part of your arsenal and maybe name other places where we can gather. Because it isn't that our computers and our books and our writing are not important, but this is more powerful.

These remarks have been edited for clarity and length. Portions of these remarks appeared at Women’s Media Center.