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The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. i'm thinking not only of mary wollstonecraft and her daughter mary shelley, but of anais nin, edna st. vincent millay, and of course sappho. you cannot divide creative juices from human juices. and as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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The Greatest Feminists Have Also Been The

Erica Jong
The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. i'm thinking not only of mary wollstonecraft and her daughter mary shelley, but of anais nin, edna st. vincent millay, and of course sappho. you cannot divide creative juices from human juices. and as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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