By Amy Turn Sharp I love that Amanda remembers the Brando quote.
Who the hell knows what we were rebelling against, except my soft soul back then, the girl who still had invincible skin left.
I was rebelling for the future. I was leaving the past in the dirt.
It was also that year that I met Gloria Steinem and in a large crowded lecture hall I was able to stand at the microphone and ask her a question after the event. My lips bumped the mic, there was quiet noise.
I just need some advice, I asked. My name is Amy Turn and I need some advice for my life.
And so Gloria shook her head and said {and let me tell you it was certainly like a movie}
Amy Turn, BE A WOMAN WHO TAKES NO SHIT.
The crowd roared and we all looked at each other and it was like church up in there. It was gospel. Always has been.
What are we rebelling against and what is happening at a young age as women?
Well, I hope we are all practicing what to want. How to to need and want to be treated, how to love, how to push away. All the parts to be a woman that are not taught in classrooms, but in friendships, love affairs, seedy bars, libraries, and offices.
