The Backlash Convinced The Public That Women's

I Write To Figure Out What I Am Thinking: What Does My Life Mean?

The 'feminine' Woman Is Forever Static And Childlike. She Is Like The Ballerina In An Old-fashioned Music Box, Her Unchanging Features Tiny And Girlish, Her Voice Tinkly, Her Body Stuck On A Pin, Rotating In A Spiral That Will Never Grow.

The Central Argument Of The Backlash - That Women's Equality Is Responsible For Women's Unhappiness.

In Place Of Equal Respect, The Nation Offered Women The Miss America Beauty Pageant, Established In 1920-the Same Year Women Won The Vote.

My Feminist View - That Gender Is On A Continuum And We Are All Better Off Dropping A Lot Of Those Binary Notions - Is One That Is Shared By The More Recent Generation Of Trans Activists And Theorists.