![]() ![]() We’ve been invited to a Lakota Sioux powwow celebrating the powerful place that women held before patriarchy arrived from Europe, and efforts now to restore that place. We are a diverse group of women- a Cherokee activist and her grown-up daughter, two African American writers and one musician, and me. Our story moves on to the airport, where Gloria meets “five friends from different parts of the country. “ If I could, I would leave an open space for your story on every page.” She foreshadows her own circular mentality with the Ursula Le Guin quote, “There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories,” then ends the introduction to start the autobiography on another selfless note that reflects Gloria’s wish for her readers: Gloria Steinem beckons, “ Because this book is all about stories, I hope some here might lead you to tell your own and also to get hooked on the revolutionary act of listening to others” (xxvi). (To read more of my writings on intersectional feminism, journey here.) The first book that Gloria Steinem has published in twenty years is here! Sure, it’s an autobiography, but it’s not really about her… It’s about you. Note: My Life on the Road is the inaugural book in Emma Watson’s feminist book club, #OurSharedShelf, for which she will interview Gloria Steinem February 24, 2016. ![]()
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