The fact that Gloria Steinem ADMITTED to informing to the CIA on the actions of her black radical comrades and is still considered to be a relevant and respectable feminist figure just goes to show the reactionary character of liberal feminism.
💩💩💩CIA agents are tight-lipped, but Steinem spoke openly about her relationship to “The Agency” in the 1950s and ‘60s after a magazine revealed her employment by a CIA front organization, the Independent Research Service.
While popularly pilloried because of her paymaster, Steinem defended the CIA relationship, saying: “In my experience The Agency was completely different from its image; it was liberal, nonviolent and honorable.”
i mean….. she told on all communists she met. that was kind of the thing to do in the 50s/60s. we were in a goddamned war with them.
if youre going to criticize her, then do it well. this is just propaganda.
we were not in a goddamn war with american citizens. jesus fuck. and no that was not the “thing to do” at the time. kirk douglas managed to not do it, someone who is ostensibly a progressive thinker as an entire vocation should be able to also
Feminism is incompatible with capitalism as an ideology.