She was a leader in the second wave feminist movement which said that “formal” political power was not enough for feminism and that feminism needed to focus on real substantive issues like pay disparity and how many woman CEOs there were. She essentially deradicalized feminism in the West and made it about whether women were allowed to be girl bosses
She worked with the CIA to push anti communist and anti USSR rhetoric. She also had quite impactful anti trans beliefs. Im sure theres more but thats what i know of her.
Gloria Steinem serves as an Honorary Chair of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and its predecessor, the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee. A position she has held since the 1980s.
Steinem was recruited by CIA officers to lead the IRS, which sent American students to Soviet-backed World Youth Festivals in Vienna and Helsinki to spread anti-communist red scare propaganda. She was also tasked with demonizing class-based politics and Marxism.
I knew she was a CIA operative, but what did she do for them? How did she serve state interests? Genuine question
She was a leader in the second wave feminist movement which said that “formal” political power was not enough for feminism and that feminism needed to focus on real substantive issues like pay disparity and how many woman CEOs there were. She essentially deradicalized feminism in the West and made it about whether women were allowed to be girl bosses
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She worked with the CIA to push anti communist and anti USSR rhetoric. She also had quite impactful anti trans beliefs. Im sure theres more but thats what i know of her.
Huh interesting tidbit I learned today
Steinem was recruited by CIA officers to lead the IRS, which sent American students to Soviet-backed World Youth Festivals in Vienna and Helsinki to spread anti-communist red scare propaganda. She was also tasked with demonizing class-based politics and Marxism.
She was an important culture manufacturer in the west.