Friday, September 5, 2008

Quick Comment:Women, we need this again

Forty years ago today, the Women's Liberation Movement was launched into the forefront with a protest of the Miss America pagent. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94240375&ft=1&f=3

Considering that young women these days are obsessed with their appearance; obsessed with owning the latest material "status symbol," be it fetal pocket dog, HOLLISTER apparel, or Coach handbag; that they worry more about what males think of them than what they think of themselves; and that many "play dumb" in order to be "feminine," and the bigotry lesbian and bi women have to endure, it's time to launch a fresh Liberation Movement.