The Makers

Last night, we recorded "The Makers" on PBS. It looks like it will be quite good. I peeked at some of it as it recorded, and the few fragments I caught were mesmerizing. I was coming of age when the Women's Movement hit its stride and changed the set patterns of thousands of years of cultural norms. This series brings it all back, and holy shit! What an era that was! Easy to have grown complacent/jaded about things now, 40 some years after those incredible times... But being reminded of the limitations and expectations that my mother was expected to be satisfied with was a powerful thing! So. Damn. Marginalized.

It made me thankful that there are many more choices and chances for my daughters, since the freaky fifties, when my mom was a wife and mother. And to some degree, more choices than I had as a wife and mom in the eighties. To this day, I remember a conversation with my own mother about my future role in life. I was about 10, and was imagining what I might "be" some day. She told me that one day, a man would fall madly in love with me, sweep me off my feet, and that everything would fall into place perfectly when that fine day arrived. I recall feeling sort of let down about that singular scenario, even though it sounded appealing in a fairy tale sort of way. To a 10 year old!

Really looking forward to watching this series in its entirety.