We need more writers, for the issues are big and uncompromising. I am by nature and nurture a Professional Good Girl, but have been learning that other peoples' lack of awareness of consequences mean that I have to put myself in the picture or not exist at all. I no longer accept the invisibility aspect, but the rest - absolutely. We need cultural models for dealing with impossible situations. We need explanations that allow for the common good. We entirely and absolutely need societies where alertness and care for others is everyday, not exceptional.

A politician once said to me that writers are key to longterm social change - the ideas you articulated express precisely why this is so.