Susan Faludi, author of the feminist bestseller, Backlash, is back in the news, dismissing the willingness of young women to form their own book discussion groups and makeup clubs as "a retreat into girl life." Because these groups focus on interpersonal advice rather than political change, this trend "doesn't lead to anything of particular significance. In its origin, feminism had nothing to do with lipstick."

[Ed.: Well, don't expect us to discuss your book for a while!]

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