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this reminds of a refrigerator magnet i bought at Amazon Bookstore in Mpls. It said "women fly when men aren't watching." It's probably somewhere in my apartment built from unpacked boxes - still unpacked for the last 12 yrs. And time flies faster than women. but mostly i'm in no rush. that would be ridiculous - who goes charging towards an echo? worse than that - an echo of your own voice. i bought that magnet when i was 19 - i was in Loring Park for a Take Back the Night Rally. Colleen made stickers with Joan Crawford on them that read, "no more wire hangers" - our cars were covered in opinionated bumper stickers - boys accused us of being witches because some of us chose abortion over smoking crack. and because we were young and wore short black everything - the bartender at the Uptown Bar & Grill took me aside one night and said, "How many feminists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" "How many?" I asked. He answered, "Two. One to screw in the lightbulb and one to suck my mutha fuckin' cock!" so i went home with him - his lightbulb was loose