betty went on the record as saying gloria steinem has no ideas. she is a phony and that kind of thing.' and gloria obviously didn't like that in gloria never responded. she took the high road i guess i wouldd say. obviously they could work together as allies. >> gloria never denounced betty. >> that he denounced gloria and that boomeranged on betty. >> can you tell us about some of the other controversies that betty was involved with. >> probably the two that are the best-known and the most likely or whatever the one that i mentioned about women and that erupted in 1969 and betty used the phrase lavender menace at a national organization for women meeting. another word she thought women who wanted to be counted equally for who wanted their identity to be brought more to the forefront of the national organization for women she called them lavender and i'm laughing. i know it's not funny in the sense that it's not very nice but what she was concerned about was the women's movement being weekend. the other big controversy erupted when did later apolog

. >> what was her relationship with gloria steinem and the other leading feminist of the day? of course gloria still around here did you talk to gloria? >> very briefly. gloria did not really want to participate in the book. the reason being that glory and betty did not speak after 1972. what happened was after the national organization for women was found it very quickly became radicalized and a lot of younger women flooded into it and they were very interested in what we would call now identity politics and what betty called sexual politics, , and they were less interested in betty's vision of feminism and equality and bourgeois. they were radicals. betty was very alienated from this pencil gloria was more in that camp. glory was 12 years younger than betty. she was interested in identity politics and i would be remiss also if i didn't mention gay women's struggle to come out and to be counted in that women's movement. betty really did that support that. she thought that it would weaken the women's movement. this was around 1969, where as gloria and a lot of the other younger

and so, betty betty was on the record as, you know, saying gloria steinem has no ideas. you know her. you know, she's phony, that that kind of thing. obviously, gloria didn't like that. you know and gloria never responded was very you know, she she took the high road. i guess i would say. but she you know, obviously they couldn't work together as allies so, gloria never denounced betty. no no, betty denounce gloria and that sort of boomerang onto betty. yeah. can you tell us about some of the other controversies that betty was with? yeah. well, probably the two that are the best known and the most, i don't know, lively or whatever. there's the one that i mentioned about gay women and that erupted in 1969, when betty used the phrase lavender menace at a national organization for meeting. in other words, she thought that women, lesbian women who wanted be counted equally or who wanted their identity to be brought much more to the forefront of the national organization for women she thought that they she called she called them the lavender menace. i'm laughing. i know it's n

among them are human rights lawyer amal clooney, hollywood star america ferrera, feminist icon gloria steinemthat climate change is having on the lives of women and girls, this year's list is highlighting those leading the battle against the climate crisis. society doesn't encourage women to go out there and do daring and dangerous things. working with gorillas gives me a lot of hope. 0ur planet's environment and wildlife are at stake. for some of our nominees, it's all about preparing the next generation. we need all hands on deck to ensure that these little ones that are growing up become ocean guardians in their own right. besides climate pioneers, the bbc�*s 100 women list showcases inspiring and influential women who are defying societal norms. as the climate crisis continues to impact humans and our planet, we speak women who use their platforms to demand change. i don't know why it is so hard for people to understand that we actually don't have another planet to move to. we're taking a living planet and killing it. we are seeing the impact of climate change like never before. in coasta

among them are human rights lawyer amal clooney, hollywood star america ferrera, feminist icon gloria steinem change is having on the lives of women and girls, this year's list highlights those leading the battle against the climate crisis. society doesn't encourage women to go out there and do daring and dangerous things. working with gorillas gives me a lot of hope. 0ur planet's environment and wildlife are at stake. for some of our nominees, it's all about preparing the next generation. we need all hands on deck to ensure that these little ones that are growing up become ocean guardians in their own right. besides climate pioneers, the bbc�*s 100 women list showcases inspiring and influential women who are defying societal norms. as the climate crisis continues to impact humans and our planet, we speak to women who use their platforms to demand change. i don't know why it is so hard for people to understand that we actually don't have another planet to move to. we're taking a living planet and killing it. we are seeing the impact of climate change like never before. in coastal areas, the r

including gloria and this began to happen in 1971 and 1972 so betty was on the record saying gloria steinem ideas. she's a phony, that kind of thing, and she didn't like that. she never responded. she took the high road i would say. obviously they couldn't work together as allies so gloria never denounced betty. >> betty denounced gloria and that sortt of boomerang onto betty. >> can you tell use ot about sof the other controversies that betty was involved with? >> probably the two that are the best known and lively, the one that i mentioned about women that erupted in 1969 when betty used the phrase lavender menace at a national organization for women t and other words she thought women that wanted to be counted equally or wanted their identity to be brought more to the forefront of the organization for women she thought, she called the' the lavender menace. i'm laughing i know it's not funny in the sense that it's not very nice but what she was concerned about was the women's movement being weekend and the other controversy was erupted when she did later apologize for the lavender menace

and as gloria steinem says in our film, in her amazing essay from 1976, or something, if men could menstruateach other a high five from how mands bled through that day. we are not there yet. >> did you learn anything new about yourself as you are researching this topic? >> so much. so much. i started living with my cycle, not ignoring my cycle. and that really changes lives. and that's what i'm really advocating for. it's tracking your cycle and maybe using a menstrual cup if you haven't tried before. because it's really fun to observe your menstrual blood and be like, well, that's a lot of blood. it's very liquid-y today, or it's very brown today. and to understand your body better. simply to become more educated about your body. and surfing your hormonal wave, literally. literally living with your follicular phase, with your ovulation. listening to your pms, which is unheard of. you can listen to what cranky lady inside of you is telling you when you're pms-ing. exactly? exactly! and ideating on your menstruation. literally, writing a diary. listening to your body, meditating, because it's

morning is one of the names that will always be synonymous with the '70s, the decade of women, gloria steinemion about menstruation because it was female and therefore inferior, so the women's movement and the idea that we are all human beings came along then no doubt it was easier to discuss. - gloria steinem published a satirical essay which first ran in "ms. magazine" in which she paints a world where men menstruate. - "what would happen, for instance, if suddenly magically men could menstruate and women could not. - hey dad. - yeah bud. - i think i got my period. - "the answer's clear. menstruation would become an inevitable boast-worthy masculine event. men would brag about how long and how much." - "boys would mark the onset of menses that longed for proof of manhood with religious ritual and stag parties." - "and would convince women that intercourse was more pleasurable at that time of the month." - "sanitary supplies would be federally funded and free. politicians and religious fundamentalists would cite menstruation, men-struation, as proof that only men could serve in the army. - "