Gloria Steinem Wanted to be a WHAT When She Grew Up?!
Even hardcore feminists like Gloria Steinem see the magic of theater, especially when it involves lines of tall beautiful girls high-kicking for their lives.
“I grew up in Toledo, hoping and praying to be a Rockette, because I think girls grow up [thinking] the only signs of rebellion are show business . . . just like boys grow up with athletics as their dream,” she said at the School of Visual Arts’ commencement at Radio City Music Hall this week.
“I just want to say to my 10- and 11-year-old self, I’m on stage of Radio City Music Hall now and it’s better than being a Rockette… If you want to have fun and laughter and sex and poetry and music at the end of the revolution, you have to have fun and laughter and sex and poetry on the way.”
Best advice ever!