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Camille Paglia
My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profi
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Camille Paglia is saying that the strong and confident women of her generation were a unique and original group, not simply shaped by famous feminist figures like Betty Friedan or Gloria Steinem. She emphasizes that their boldness existed independently of these activists' influence or their well-known works.
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