Robin Morgan hugged me tonight

at the Bay Area welcome reception for the Women's Media Center. She loved the question I asked (in the open Q and A with the Board) about the (in)visibility of older women in mainstream media. I told her how her books, her work, discovered when I was 18, changed my life. Jane Fonda, on the stool next to her, said:
Robin's books changed all our lives!

Gloria Steinem, on the stool next to Jane, said: The three of us have been consistently upping the average age of women in the media for the last 20 years.

Did I mention Helen Zia was there as well? How often do you get to bask in the combined glow of so many of your heroes? With yummy canapes thrown in?

Roe Restaurant hosted the reception free. So if you're planning an event, check out their gorgeous upstairs gallery. And tell them you appreciate their support of the Women's Media Center.