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I grew up in San Francisco at the height and center of the gay/lesbian movement. My mom was writing a book about the lesbian community, so I saw firsthand a group of people who finally refused to have their sexuality used to demean and diminish them, instead stood firm and said, yes, we’re queer, yes we’re dykes, we’re going to embrace and talk about and define it for ourselves. I saw it empower and transform life after life and I think the same thing needs to happen for women in general. I wanted to write a book that could create a positive place that women of all ages could stand in relation to their sexuality in a culture that’s so negative about female sexuality.