…constantly thrown into my face. I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from conventions and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy. I insisted that our Cause could not expect me to become a nun and that the movement should not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it. “I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody’s right to beautiful, radiant things. ” Anarchism meant that to me, an…

I’m not going to pretend I’m well-read enough to have Thoughts about Anarchism, but “freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody’s right to beautiful, radiant things” is something I am tucking deep into my heart.