My job is to notice echoes and notice resonances. Scientists are not supposed to do the same thing that cultural critics do.

A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.

From 1970 onwards, our culture told both sexes that individual expression was paramount. And for women, that was defined as the right to choose an interesting a career, a high-status mate, the desirable handbag or vacation, the perfect family size, and a definitionally fruitless quest for 'perfection.'

The reason I'm voting for Barack Obama is that it's either him or a police state - someone who's carrying on policies that are clearly stated and directed at subverting liberty. He's definitely the lesser of two evils.

When I was a baby feminist, leading feminist thinkers were insisting that if women ran the world, there would be no sadism or war.

“Healthy" and “diseased," as Susan Sontag points out...are often subjective judgments that society makes for its own purposes. Women have long been defined as sick as a means of subjecting them to social control.

The woman wins who calls herself beautiful, and challenges the world to change to fit her vision.