Our Shared Shelf discussion

I just finished Chapter 2 of My Life on the Road. WHAT AN INTERESTING CHAPTER. I was completely engrossed in this chapter, and it has made me very excited to read on. There were quite a few parts that spoke to me.

I am so happy the author decided to begin the chapter with her travels to India, in Part I. She had alluded to it in the introduction and first chapter, so it was great to actually hear her experience. "...decisions are best made by the people affected by them..." SO MUCH YES!

Part II was probably my favorite section of this chapter, mostly because I have always been interested in the 1960's, particularly in the Civil Rights Movement, so to hear her experience at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 was moving, especially the bit about Mrs. Greene. I really liked reading what she had to say. I also appreciated the background of the Feminist Movement at that time.

In Part III what stood out most to me was this sentence: "This was a small taste of a general problem: the invisibility in the media of the many women of color who pioneered the women's movement."
I found it interesting, though not surprising, that intersectionality was an issue then as it is now. Though then it seemed, based on what was described in this section, as though this issue was due more to the media, rather than the women of the movement. Am I totally off base here?

Learning about the the 1977 National Women's Conference in Houston in section IV was so cool! The author gives us the behind the scenes look at what happened before and after the Conference, which is so valuable for us young feminists. Learning about what was actually discussed at the Conference, I found to be poignant. I was near tears reading about the solidarity of the women at this conference. Do you think we could have such a conference now-a-days, with the same solidarity?

Overall, I very much appreciated the history of the Feminist Movement in this chapter, and reading about Steinem's experiences during it all. I can't wait to see what comes next!

What spoke to you? What are your thoughts?

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Thanks for the heads up. With thousands of people involved in the group I'd imagine multiple discussions on similar topics will happen a lot.

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