The surreal/angst thing can be helpfully managed by the occasional distraction. To that end, I found my favorite online escape, the Silly Internet Quiz.

Be warned, if you decide to take this one — the author is a big believer in non-patriarchal spelling. And I swear I’m not saying that because my result includes the phrase "you are the McDonalds of Western feminism." (I’m pretty sure that’s not meant as a compliment, although when you think about it, being that pervasive, successful, and influential sounds pretty good. Only 4% of the people who took the quiz got the same result I did.)

You are Gloria Steinem. You are the McDonalds(tm) of liberal feminism, though you used to expouse some pretty radical ideas, you ended up working the system. Because it’s easier? Maybe. But thanks for the only mainstream feminist magazine and for heading one of the most significant feminist lobbys in the history of the US. We wouldn’t be where we are without NOW and Ms., as much as some of us are loathe to admit it.

Which Western feminist icon are you?
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Did anyone hear Gloria Steinem’s "This I Believe" essay on NPR yesterday?