Claire Donald

So you have this like California girl going to these East Coast intellectuals.

And she was so excited to be around like

models and millionaires and magnets like it was completely different time for her i bet i bet she showed up in birkenstocks and was like oh you can't wear those here exactly like that was the vibe so she goes to vogue and her first piece that she wrote was titled self-respect its source its power oh i feel like you're really gonna like how she got this so originally this piece they had the title of this piece self-respect its source its power and

on the cover of Vogue.

And I guess it was probably about to go to print or something, but the writer backed out.

So they already had the title on the cover of Vogue.

So they were like, hey, Joan, you need to write an essay about

However you interpret this title.

Oh, my God.

The pressure.

The pressure.

But what a cool writing exercise.

And that's actually kind of nice when there's a prompt.

That's so interesting.

So she ended up writing this article.

And I have read this article before.

And it was quite revolutionary, I would say, for this time.

Because Joan was telling women of the 60s.

Your worth and your self-respect cannot come from the outside.

It has to come from you.