I grew up in Scotland in the fifties and sixties. It wasn't a fun childhood - I asked far too many questions and people were always trying to shut me up. (They still are, but not too successfully). I came out as a lesbian and a feminist in England, got involved in some underground political actions to undermine the patriarchy, and left the country for fairer lands - northern California, to be exact. I lived in the boonies of Californ more...