"By writing her self, woman will return to the body which has been turned into the uncanny stranger on display - the ailing or dead figure, which so often turns out to be the nasty companion, the cause and location of inhibitions. Censor the body and you censor breath and speech at the same time."

Helen Cixous, 1981

Cixous, Helene, 'The Laugh of the Medusa' in Marks, E., de Coutrivon, I., (eds.) New French Feminisms: An Anthology, 1981