Sara Robinson

Damn, I wish we'd had this book 20 years ago. Back in the 70s and 80s, an earlier generation of young feminists donned sturdy discrimination-proof (at least, we hoped) dark suits, sensible heels and floppy bow ties; armed ourselves with graduate degrees, expensive briefcases and game smiles; and set out for the newly-opened wilderness of the working world with jaunty assurance ...

2008, everyone says now with a knowing nod, is a "change election." If this interminable primary season has shown us anything, it's that people want something radically different than politics-as-usual -- or, as some of us are starting to realize, even politics-as-we've-known-it-since-Nixon. It's hard to ignore now that there's a quantum shift occurring in our national priorities, our tolerance for unproductive confrontation, and our faith in government's capacity to solve problems.