Gloria Steinem: The Kindle Singles Interview (Kindle Single) by Salamishah Tillet

Gloria Steinem: The Kindle Singles Interview (Kindle Single) Reviews

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  Michelle

  I think it's very interesting that I highlighted the same quote that another reviewer highlighted...
  
  "The art of behaving effectively is behaving as if everything you do matters....If we can remember that the means are the ends, we can try to use the means that most reflect the ends we want, little by little, we're much more likely to get there."
  
  I was not as familiar with Gloria Steinem so I really appreciated reading this Kindle Single to become more acquainted with her. I think the interviewer did a good job of guiding the interview and it really captured Ms Steinem's personality.
  
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  Allison

  Gloria Steinem is a feminist. I am feminist. Therefore, I should know everything about Gloria Steinem, right? In reality, I don’t know enough about her. I know how important she is and the overarching things she has achieved, but when it comes to her personal life, I am mostly unaware. Although this Kindle Single is less than 40 pages, I feel like I understand her a bit more having read it and am eager to read a more in-depth biography of her and her achievements.
  
  Gloria Steinem: The Kindle Singles Interview by Salamishah Tillet is less about Steinem’s work and advocacy than it is a casual conversation about her general thoughts on feminism. It begins with her childhood, ventures into her activism, and ends with her hopes for the future. She quickly jumps around from topic to topic, offering quick insights into her thoughts on how her parents helped shape who she is today, the problem with the George Zimmerman trial’s exclusion of his prior anti-women behavior, her insecurities about preaching feminism when she didn’t have kids of her own, and her support of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In. She chimes in on why she defended Marilyn Monroe, her regrets regarding the Hillary Clinton piece she did in 2008, and how feminism and foreign policy are intricately connected.
  
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  Sheryl

  Easy conversation with Ms Steinem highlighting her thoughts on past decisions and historical events. As well as a glimpse into the now and future. There are some important points she makes which make this short book very worthwhile.
  
  I love her comment on laughter.
  
  One gem.
  "The art of behaving effectively is behaving as if everything you do matters....If we can remember that the means are the ends, we can try to use the means that most reflect the ends we want, little by little, we're much more likely to get there."
  
  Thank you Ms Steinem!
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  Julie Ehlers

  It's always interesting to hear what Gloria Steinem has to say, but I was unimpressed with the interviewer--I thought most of the questions, and the general tone, were pretty silly. This also reads as if it were transcribed and then published as is, without any sort of proofreading or copy editing. And, as usual on the Kindle, the formatting, or lack thereof, was annoying. Ms. Steinem's words of wisdom were valuable as ever, but this was not exactly a stellar reading experience overall. A missed opportunity.
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  Lisa Bentley

  Having read Gloria Steinem’s biography and a few pieces that she had written for Ms Magazine I was pleasantly surprised with Salamishah Tillet’s interview with Gloria Steinem.
  
  You see, you get the sense (and rightly so) that in the pieces produced by Steinem that whilst she has no qualms with honesty and baring her soul that she controls the narrative. It was interesting to see her exposed in such a way that wasn’t critical but was led by another party.
  
  We get to see Steinem under the microscope and what makes her feel the way she does.
  
  This was a very interesting read.
  
  Gloria Steinem – The Kindle Singles by Salamishah Tillet is available now.
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  Greg

  I really love the authenticity in these reflections. This work is hard, as current events remind us, and today everyone has an opinion on social media. I'm struck by how quick we are to pigeon-hole people, call them part of the problem unless they are approaching the solution the way you want them to. The piece about the fear of being misunderstood really rang true for me in thinking about the current state of our discourse and activism.
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  Amara

  I always end up feeling like I've been down in a dark basement and there's all that reality there, and now I'm out in the sunshine trying to explain to the people in the sunshine what's going on in the basement. It isn't that the people in the sunshine are bad people, but they haven't been in the basement.
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  Megan

  Insightful & Thoughtful Interview.
  
  Insightful on a wide range of topics, including parenting, violence, race, popular culture, and how gendered views negatively impact men & women alike. Many passages worth highlighting.
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  Maria Freeman

  Quite a few grammar issues
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  Crista Lindberg

  Dated as it’s written during Obama’s presidency. I believe the fitting could have been more clear also.
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  Camilla

  This was a great little interview. The questions were more based around Steinem's life than her viewpoints, which works well; she's able to express her viewpoints through her life, which I knew little about. The interviewer was mostly a guide, as a good interviewer should be, and Steinem spoke freely and very well. The book was only 99 cents, and I feel like it would have been worth it even at a little more.
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  Laura Fingal-Surma

  Good but not great.
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  Valerie Gangas

  Short. Powerful. Totally insightful. I couldn't put it down.
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  Patricia Tennesen

  I'm not sure I realized this was only an interview put into kindle form. Informative? yes, but not the in depth life story I was expecting. I will need to get Gloria's own bio.
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  Morgan Larson

  Eye opening
  
  I've always considered myself a feminist - pro women's rights. It's fantastic to read about Gloria and her journey. It makes me both realize how lucky I am and how much work we still have to do.