Betty Friedan's Critique (1963) w/ Nichole Perkins

Published: Feb. 21, 2021, 11:49 a.m.

It\u2019s February 21st. This day in 1963 (actually, it was the 19th), Betty Friedan published her enormously influential book \u201cThe Feminine Mystique.\u201d

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Nichole Perkins to discuss the publishing of the surprisingly-academic book, the kind of women it addressed, and the women who were left out of the conversation around second wave feminism

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Check out Nichole\u2019s new podcast \u201cThis Is Good For You.\u201d Her forthcoming memoir is called Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be.

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Find a transcript of this episode at:\xa0https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory

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