The Media And The Rest

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

Instead Of Confronting Its Real And Difficult Problems And Grappling Honestly With A Dark Past, Hungary Embraced A Reactionary Government And A Self-pitying Image Of Itself As The Victimized Nation, And Went Looking For Scapegoats In The Roma, Jews, And, Most Recently, Syrian Migrants.

The Point Of Feminism ... Is To Win Women A Wider Range Of Experience. Feminism Remains A Pretty Simple Concept, Despite Repeated - And Enormously Effective - Efforts To Dress It Up In Greasepaint And Turn Its Proponents Into Gargoyles.

The American Woman Has Not Yet Slipped Into A Cocoon, But She Has Tumbled Down A Rabbit Hole Into Sudden Isolation.

It's Fine To Dress In Polka Dots And Pink Crinoline If You Want. What I Recoil From Is The Idea That That Alone Is The Only Way To Be Female.