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Gender Is Really Varied And Complicated And Sort Of Infinitely Individualistic.

I Think A Reason That A Lot Of People Feel Politically Paralysed Is That It Used To Be Clear How Power Was Organised. But Those Who Have Their Hands On The Levers Of Popular Culture Today Have Great Power - And It Isn't Even Clear Who They Are.

A Backlash Against Women's Rights Is Nothing New. Indeed It's A Recurring Phenomenon: It Returns Every Time Women Begin To Make Some Headway Towards Equality, A Seemingly Inevitable Early Frost To The Brief Flowerings Of Feminism.

I Write To Figure Out What I Am Thinking: What Does My Life Mean?

The Last Decade Has Seen A Powerful Counterassault On Women's Rights, A Backlash, An Attempt To Retract The Handful Of Small And Hard-won Victories That The Feminist Movement Did Manage To Win For Women. This Counterassault Is Largely Insidious: In A Kind Of Pop-culture Version Of The Big Lie, It Stands The Truth Boldly On Its Head And Proclaims That The Very Steps That Have Elevated Women's Position Have Actually Led To Their Downfall.