There was never a real Gen X feminist movement. We were told our mother’s had taken care of that for us. And surely our mothers hoped they had. Some of our mothers (and fathers! There were some feminist fathers then, too!) bought us Free to Be You and Me and from that we learned that mommies were people and daddies were people and William had a doll and that it was alright for all of us to cry. Lego was for all of us and girls were told we could be anything we wanted.
To read more of Gen X Part 4, I'm the Only One, visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.
This is an eight part series on Gen X.
This is Episode 55
Song: I'm the Only One by Melissa Etheridge
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