Speaking truth to power can mean a variety of things, but for me it usually means using the privileges that you do have to speak out against the oppressions that you don’t have, as well as the oppressions that you do have. For me, that means I can speak out against sexism from a place of personal experience, and that I can assist others in speaking out against racism and homophobia and classism and a lot of other –isms that I don’t deal with on a personal basis. You’re either speaking out against the issues or you are complacent in them and so part of the problem. It’s a lot easier to be complacent and not speak out, and I know I’m guilty of that a lot of the time. When I do speak out, the worst I’ve ever had to deal with as retribution is
