AGA Roll Call: Goodbye to all That

When women took over Rat press in 1970 Robin Morgan sat down to write an editorial that would resonate way beyond that time. In it she took on and dispatched quickly with "female chauvinist pigs" and hypocrtical men who called themselves revolutionaries.

"Goodbye to all that shit that sets women apart from women; shit that covers the face of any Weatherwoman which is the face of any Manson Slave which is the face of Sharon Tate which is the face of Mary Jo Kopechne which is the face of Beulah Saunders, which is the face of me which is the face of Pat Nixon which is the face of Pat Swinton."

This text continues to inspire women today and is a staple of radical feminist anthologies.

Recently Robin Morgan published an update to her essay. Goodbye to All That 2 leaves as many victims in its wake as it takes on the sexism that has accompanied Clinton's campaign as well as the failure of the mainstream media to address it.

"Goodbye to some young women eager to win male approval by showing they’re not feminists (at least not the kind who actually threaten the status quo), who can’t identify with a woman candidate because she is unafraid of eeueweeeu yucky power, who fear their boyfriends might look at them funny if they say something good about her. Goodbye to women of any age again feeling unworthy, sulking “what if she’s not electable?” or “maybe it’s post-feminism and whoooosh we’re already free.” Let a statement by the magnificent Harriet Tubman stand as reply. When asked how she managed to save hundreds of enslaved African Americans via the Underground Railroad during the Civil War, she replied bitterly, “I could have saved thousands—if only I’d been able to convince them they were slaves.”"

Having read both articles,
What has changed between the two? What have we said Goodbye to and what have we failed to let go of? Is there a generational gap in the feminist movement or is that just another device that "sets women apart from women"? Will a Clinton presidency bring about the change we are all so desperate for?

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