Quote of the day
Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
Sheila Jeffreys
Born: May 13, 1948 (age 76)
Bio: Sheila Jeffreys, an English expatriate in Australia, is best known as a lesbian feminist scholar and political activist, for her analysis of the history and politics of human sexuality in Britain, and for her controversial views on transsexuals.
Known for:
- Beauty and misogyny (2005)
- Anticlimax (1990)
- The lesbian heresy (1993)
- Unpacking Queer Politics (2003)