On her own new word, "femishame": "Do you know what we need? A word, like misogyny, but for women who despise other women: Femishame?"
On being the only "brown" kid in school: "I was the kid who was complicated to be friends with, because I was brown. But I'm quite glad of that now. I realized how useful being alone is for figuring out your relationship to life. For me especially. I'm challenged all the time: being a woman who doesn't want to communicate sexually as a way of making people comfortable; being a woman in a tough industry; being a spokesperson for voiceless women; being African, but also being English. There are so many things I need to speak for."
On speaking up for other women: "It's who I am, so I may as well have a little root around. And I'm a mother; I want to figure this stuff out for my children too."