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The Demand That Women "return To Femininity" Is A Demand That The Cultural Gears Shift Into Reverse, That We Back Up To A Fabled Time When Everyone Was Richer, Younger, More Powerful.

We Think Of A Feminist As Someone A Woman Becomes In Reaction To Personal Indignities And Social Injustices. But The Truth Is, Such Inequities Only Awaken Her To The Feminist She Has Always Fundamentally Been - That Is, A Person Who Understands That Her First Responsibility Is To Her Own Humanity. That's Why, For My Money, The First Known Use Of The Word 'feminist' Is Still The Best, Appearing In An 1895 Book Review: A Woman Who 'has In Her The Capacity Of Fighting Her Way Back To Independence.

I Think A Reason That A Lot Of People Feel Politically Paralysed Is That It Used To Be Clear How Power Was Organised. But Those Who Have Their Hands On The Levers Of Popular Culture Today Have Great Power - And It Isn't Even Clear Who They Are.

As It Turns Out, Social Scientists Have Established Only One Fact About Single Women's Mental Health: Employment Improves It.

The Media And The Rest Of Popular Culture Weren't Recording People's Reactions To 9/11; They Were Forcing Made-up Reactions Down People's Throats.