" And I know nothing about psychology or the "pedagogy of the opressed." I know nothing about the origins of guilt 'cept Adam and Eve, and my feminism is a good ten years down the road, and my buddhism another twenty, and unlocking the sad shame of Elvira will take another forty; but I do know that my sister and I were just plain guilty for being female, perhaps simply being females with hope; for feeling that we had a right to hope. "
― Cherríe L. Moraga , Native Country of the Heart: A Memoir