Did the Feminist Movement Get Us Anywhere?

[Skidmore]

28. It got us a huge step forward.

However, it was derailed. I remember a point at which women were told they could have it all and not if they worked as contributing, educated members of society, but if they were avid consumers. Yep, hawtness became the object of pursuit. You were successful if you could come out the winner of a catfight. You were successful only if you had the latest gadget and the biggest McMansion and wore shoes with red soles and heels so high you could get a nosebleed just standing up. Women stopped speaking out as a large group and started buying the marketing of divahood and golddigger. Even those roles marketed in the media as strong and independent women are peopled by divas and catfighters. There is a difference between moving forward and this BS that passes for success today. All flash and no substance. And we must shoulder our share of the blame too because it takes a willingness to allow this to take place too.