It's Fine To Dress In Polka Dots

The American Woman Has Not Yet Slipped Into A Cocoon, But She Has Tumbled Down A Rabbit Hole Into Sudden Isolation.

When The Enemy Has No Face, Society Will Invent One.

The Last Decade Has Seen A Powerful Counterassault On Women's Rights, A Backlash, An Attempt To Retract The Handful Of Small And Hard-won Victories That The Feminist Movement Did Manage To Win For Women. This Counterassault Is Largely Insidious: In A Kind Of Pop-culture Version Of The Big Lie, It Stands The Truth Boldly On Its Head And Proclaims That The Very Steps That Have Elevated Women's Position Have Actually Led To Their Downfall.

As Women Began To Challenge Their Own Internalized Views Of A Woman's Proper Place, Their Desire And Demand For Equal Status And Free Choice Began To Grow Exponentially.

Instead Of Confronting Its Real And Difficult Problems And Grappling Honestly With A Dark Past, Hungary Embraced A Reactionary Government And A Self-pitying Image Of Itself As The Victimized Nation, And Went Looking For Scapegoats In The Roma, Jews, And, Most Recently, Syrian Migrants.