Author Helen LaKelly Hunt’s interview about her book Faith and Feminism: A Holy Alliance has some nuttiness in it — such as scolding the Pope for "narrowness" in his approach to feminism — but it is also interesting to see secular feminists grappling with religion. This anecdote was particularly amusing:
"With Betty [Friedan], she was never against religion. She was always frustrated that feminists projected that. In fact, of the seven people who founded NOW [National Organization for Women], two of them were nuns. And when they had their first press conference, Betty said, ‘Wear your habits.’ And the nuns said, ‘We don’t want to wear our habits because we are here to start a social movement—it’s not about a religious thing.’ And Betty said, ‘No, I want you to wear your habits for this.’ And they said, no, they wouldn’t. And finally Betty said, ‘Dammit, wear your habits!’"
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!
I clicked a link to Beliefnet…I feel dirty…
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