Gloria Steinem
Writer and feminist organiser
I haven’t done it yet.
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The fact that I am still making music.
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Having someone to love.
Winning the first Green seat in parliament – although that’s cheating, really, as it was very much a collective achievement by the whole party.
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Sometimes it was disappointing not to have the fan base at home in the UK that we had elsewhere.
Painting 11 identical dentists’ offices magnolia. It was Kafkaesque. By the time you are in office four, you are losing your mind.
A picture: Cocky Patriot by Gilbert and George.
Last year, when I had all four kids – Daisy, Kingston, Zuma and Apollo – staying with me on my birthday. It was magical.
Funny and generous.
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