Gloria Steinem, movie commentator
In a column today on The Huffington Post, Ms. Magazine founder and former Harvey Kurtzman assistant (at Help! Magazine, published by Jim Warren) Gloria Steinem notes the tendency of some to dismiss certain types of movies as "chick flicks."
She says, " … let me appeal to your self-interest as well as your sense of fairness: If the ‘chick flick’ label helps you to avoid the movies you don’t like, why is there no label to guide you to the ones you do like?"
Her solution? "Prick flicks." If only.
Well I met Ms. Steinem on a plane recently coming home from Heroes Con in Charlotte and we didn't have an interesting conversation such as this one. Might have made the ride home more pleasant or at least go quickly. (Kudos to fellow Comicmixer's Mike Raub and Mike Gold spotting her at our gate that afternoon).
I was seated behind her on that flight and that woman can tear through a Sunday times like nobody's business!
I can't imagine how a conversation with Gloria Steinem would make time pass MORE quickly…Q-How many feminists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?A-THAT'S NOT FUNNY!(and that's Elayne's joke, so go dogpile on her…)
I've seen Gloria Steinem do stand-up, and she actually is pretty funny. Not as funny as Margaret Cho, or Kate Clinton, or Wanda Sykes, who are professionals, but damn funny for a writer/activist.
Writer/activists aren't funny? Well, maybe not after a while…