I started Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes, I only got through the first few pages as I was at the kids swimming lesson... At this very early stage where she is talking about herself, growing up post WW2, what life was like for women then...
As a woman who wants equality for all women, and I fight for it, and it's tiring, it's good to get a proper reality check on how far we have come... It's just so important to keep thinking about how far we have to go...
Lena Dunham interviewed her mum in her podcast and was talking about the audacity it took to be a female artist in the 70's... I feel so glad that if my daughter wanted to be an artist, I feel good that it would be considered a valid life choice... But the idea that women still have fight for equal pay and equal treatment in the work force still does my head in...
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