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If you ever feel up to talking about it, I would be interested in hearing what happened with Gloria Steinem. I'm not surprised that she snubbed or stymied younger feminists.

I was only around 16 when I heard Gloria Steinem speak and got a chance to talk to her for a few minutes. While she seemed very charismatic and almost glamorous, and I was very young and star-struck - I just got some kind of narcissistic vibe from her, like she was in it to be someone. Nothing I heard of her afterwards made me think otherwise because she seemed a bit of a star-F-er

It just struck me who Gloria Steinem reminded me of - Rachel Maddow. When I met Maddow she had that same narcissistic vibe and was also lapping up the adulation of the young people around her. Both seemed to love the sounds of their own voices, but I am just extrapolating from a few minutes spent talking to each, so it's probably not fair to judge them so harshly.

Although after this letter stunt, I think I was spot on about Steinem. Destroying everything feminists fought for in order to stay relevant - what a terrible person.