It’s okay to shop, Betty Friedan did too.
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But on a more serious note, Ms. Friedan
passed away over the weekend. While I do not identify with the
current state of the organizations that she founded, NOW and Naral
(oddly, just as some Dems unfoundedly scapegoat the Greens and Nader
for Gore’s 2000 loss, I unfoundedly scapegoat the pro-choicers for
handing over Congress and the Presidency to the fundmentalist far
right), I applaud her life work. Her passing has forced me to
wonder if she ever wrote or spoke about the marketing of Mona Lisa Smile. That movie was supposed to teach my generation about the pre-Feminine Mystique
days, but instead, I think it served as a vehicle for Vogue to feature
the inpractical, dainty, full-skirt with heels look that was popular a
couple of years back.
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Also, I would be remiss to not mention Coretta Scott King
as well. Her passing, along with the recent passing of Rosa Parks
highlights the disappearance of the great Civil Rights generation.