Jennifer Burns
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And therefore she would be like corrupt and like rotten in the soul and like unfit to be a leader. And it just, it just makes no sense.
And therefore she would be like corrupt and like rotten in the soul and like unfit to be a leader. And it just, it just makes no sense.
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I mean, she lived the ideals of individualism in her life and set aside gender norms in her own life. But she did not see herself as part of any... She did not see herself as doing this for the benefit of other women or to change society's views about women. There was no collective essence to it.
I mean, she lived the ideals of individualism in her life and set aside gender norms in her own life. But she did not see herself as part of any... She did not see herself as doing this for the benefit of other women or to change society's views about women. There was no collective essence to it.
I mean, she lived the ideals of individualism in her life and set aside gender norms in her own life. But she did not see herself as part of any... She did not see herself as doing this for the benefit of other women or to change society's views about women. There was no collective essence to it.
So if feminism has some sort of collective aspect to it, or at least some identification, one needs to identify with a broader category of woman and feel their acting in behalf of that. She's definitely not doing that. And she did, you know, she was...
So if feminism has some sort of collective aspect to it, or at least some identification, one needs to identify with a broader category of woman and feel their acting in behalf of that. She's definitely not doing that. And she did, you know, she was...
So if feminism has some sort of collective aspect to it, or at least some identification, one needs to identify with a broader category of woman and feel their acting in behalf of that. She's definitely not doing that. And she did, you know, she was...
I mean, she was very negative about feminism and then because like they dress terribly, you know, and then the other thing, it's really interesting. She had there's all these kind of homoerotic themes in her writing. And for that reason, many gay men were drawn to her writing. Right. And then she would say like, homosexuals are dirty, terrible people.
I mean, she was very negative about feminism and then because like they dress terribly, you know, and then the other thing, it's really interesting. She had there's all these kind of homoerotic themes in her writing. And for that reason, many gay men were drawn to her writing. Right. And then she would say like, homosexuals are dirty, terrible people.
I mean, she was very negative about feminism and then because like they dress terribly, you know, and then the other thing, it's really interesting. She had there's all these kind of homoerotic themes in her writing. And for that reason, many gay men were drawn to her writing. Right. And then she would say like, homosexuals are dirty, terrible people.
You know, she would denounce people for being homosexual. So there's a whole actual literature of like gay men wrestling with Rand and how she, like what she says about gay people. So yeah, it's hard to make sense of. And I just think of the enormous pressures. I want to be charitable.
You know, she would denounce people for being homosexual. So there's a whole actual literature of like gay men wrestling with Rand and how she, like what she says about gay people. So yeah, it's hard to make sense of. And I just think of the enormous pressures. I want to be charitable.
You know, she would denounce people for being homosexual. So there's a whole actual literature of like gay men wrestling with Rand and how she, like what she says about gay people. So yeah, it's hard to make sense of. And I just think of the enormous pressures. I want to be charitable.
I just think of the enormous pressure she was under in the culture she was raised in, the expectations that were placed upon her and her just utter inability to meet any of them. And it came out in this very tortured set of ideals that she tried to promote. And this kind of lack of ability to introspect in herself was probably too painful to introspect and to think about that.
I just think of the enormous pressure she was under in the culture she was raised in, the expectations that were placed upon her and her just utter inability to meet any of them. And it came out in this very tortured set of ideals that she tried to promote. And this kind of lack of ability to introspect in herself was probably too painful to introspect and to think about that.
I just think of the enormous pressure she was under in the culture she was raised in, the expectations that were placed upon her and her just utter inability to meet any of them. And it came out in this very tortured set of ideals that she tried to promote. And this kind of lack of ability to introspect in herself was probably too painful to introspect and to think about that.