Gloria's an Aries (like me). Via Queen of Planning @ Flickr.
Bad harpy. No bucket of patriarch-guts for you tonight!
Anyway, since it’s never too late to send someone good wishes, I (and the other Harpies) wish Auntie Gloria another beautiful year of being outrageous. I would suggest you read any one of her books, and also check out Outrageous Acts, which is aimed at transforming feminst “outrage into action, and to have fun doing it.”
If you think that’s a bit much for you, maybe read this?
And watch the (belated-) birthday girl on Outrageous Acts here.
What are you doing for Gloria for her birthday?
My first exposure to Gloria Steinem was ‘If Men could Menstruate’:
“Military men, right-wing politicians, and religious fundamentalists would cite menstruation (“men-struation”) as proof that only men could serve in the Army (“you have to give blood to take blood”), occupy political office (“can women be aggressive without that steadfast cycle governed by the planet Mars?”), be priest and ministers (“how could a woman give her blood for our sins?”) or rabbis (“without the monthly loss of impurities, women remain unclean”).
Male radicals, left-wing politicians, mystics, however, would insist that women are equal, just different, and that any woman could enter their ranks if she were willing to self-inflict a major wound every month (“you MUST give blood for the revolution”), recognize the preeminence of menstrual issues, or subordinate her selfness to all men in their Cycle of Enlightenment”
http://www.mum.org/ifmencou.htm
Gloria hugged me once.
How did she smell?
I began my day with a screaming match with a sleazy tour operator in Barranquilla, Colombia. By the end it was Becky 1, South American Patriarchy, 0. I dedicate my victory to Gloria. Happy Birthday!
A belated ‘many happy returns’ to Ms Steinem. Much respect and here’s to many more good years.