Feminist Looking Glass

The Seattle Times has an interview with Gloria Steinem.

When asked about the role Michelle Obama has taken as first lady, Steinem said:

She’s taken a very traditional role, but with an understanding of her intelligence and professional background that infuses the role with difference. For instance, yes, she’s planting a garden, but this is with a very advanced consciousness of environmentalism, and of the importance of local foods. The form is traditional, but the content is new.

When asked how Michelle’s role is shaping feminism and the women’s movement, Steinem surprisingly said:

I think it does more for the women’s movement actually that both President Obama and Vice President Biden are males who have spoken frequently and paid attention to their own children. Probably the burden experienced by most women in this country is working both inside the home and outside the home, and that will continue until men are raising children, including babies and small children, as much as women are.

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