Monday, August 11, 2014

Ninnies

I never applied to graduate school in 1971, feeling I wasn't really ready to face
the severity of places like Harvard. Turns out Harvard wasn't ready for me either.
They didn't admit women until 1977.

Been watching the CNN series on the 60s. It's meant to give a glimpse of the 60s as if
you were there; well I was there and it wasn't like that at all.

Social change is like that, very different when one is looking back at the period in question.
I remember thinking at the time Gloria Steinem really deep down wanted to be a bunny, enjoyed the compliment of being deemed attractive enough for the job. Looking back at those clips I see she
really was a very capable person, presidential material in fact.

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