Friday, May 23, 2008

Alice Walker's Daughter on Being a feminist's daughter

Rebekah Walker (daughter of Alice Walker, who wrote The Color Purple) writes, "I love my mother very much, but I haven't seen her or spoken to her since I became pregnant. She has never seen my son - her only grandchild. My crime? Daring to question her ideology. Well, so be it. My mother may be revered by women around the world - goodness knows, many even have shrines to her. But I honestly believe it's time to puncture the myth and to reveal what life was really like to grow up as a child of the feminist revolution."

Read the complete article here.