![]() Greer seethes with rage, but she’s not quite sure what to do with her anger. (That her name echoes that of the Australian feminist Germaine Greer, who argued that men force women to be submissive in order to adhere to male fantasies, feels like no accident.) One day Greer has a political awakening when a fellow student - a frat boy of the lowest order - gets off scot-free after sexually assaulting her and a slew of other women on campus. ![]() “The Female Persuasion” follows Greer Kadetsky as she begins college as a smart but shy student, a capable yet passive young woman who has trouble asserting herself. Ephron’s words of wisdom can now be found on everything from inspirational posters to T-shirts and they could also have been the epigraph for her mentee’s latest and most powerful novel to date, a meditation on feminism and how to do good - real good - in the world. Throughout her career Ephron had mentored many younger women, including the novelist Meg Wolitzer, author, most recently, of “The Interestings,” a keenly observed epic on friendship and ambition. ![]() ![]() “Above all, be the heroine of your own life, not the victim,” said the writer, reporter and filmmaker Nora Ephron in a 1996 commencement speech at her alma mater, Wellesley College. ![]()
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