Hi, Jane. My name is Mary. I'm from Schenectady, New York. I've been a raging feminist

since 65 years old since I was about four years old when I could not understand why my

brothers were allowed to go shirtless in the summer and I was not. I went on. I raised

to really, really strong feminist women and as I get older I become more of a feminist.

Feminist. A person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.

I'm really not a feminist. I'm an individualist, I believe.

Restructure society to make equality really possible that I think the war between the sexes

will end together. We're showing young women that being pro-life is in keeping with the

best traditions of the woman's movement and the human rights are women's rights and women's

rights are human rights once and for all. It's the argument. I'm Jane Kostin and this

is a three-part series on where feminism goes next. The feminist movement feels like it's

at an important inflection point right now. Post-Trump, in a pandemic and with abortion

rights for many newly rolled back, some feminists are asking hard questions. Like, are we

even united anymore? Who's being left out? And what do we want?

So for today's episode, two people who have helped shape how we think about feminism

today are with me.

First Anne Ray Slotter. In 2012, she wrote a big Atlantic magazine piece. You might remember

the piece or you might remember the cover. The toddler and a leather briefcase held up by

a faceless, we assume mother, and a pencil skirt and pantyhunts. Next to the baby is the

all-caps headline why women still can't have it all.

Anne Marie wrote about why she stepped down from her dream job in the State Department under

Hillary Clinton and the picture, the title, the essay, about the tension between family

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