Dorothy Was a Feminist

I knew it. Any chick capable of dealing with a tornado, juggling three men with lots of emotional baggage, a dog-lover and brave enough to confront witches and blustering men hiding behind loudspeakers had to have a cool story we didn't know about. She's got her canine companion, some sassy red heels and -- at least in Judy Garlands case -- those big glassy eyeballs. "Rediscovering Dorothy" is just in its beginning stages, but you gotta love the interview with Gloria Steinem and all the USA lovin' Americana. Ease on down the internet and check out the trailer of this fab documentary I found -- cause we've all got a little Dorothy in us all.

http://www.rediscoveringdorothy.com/

 

Comments

[rachelchanteuse]

Thanks for adding the link, it's well worth watching. Can't wait for the full documentary to come out!

[Tallulah Morehead - Huffpost Blogger]

In the later OZ books, Oz became a matriarchy under Queen Ozma, with Dorothy, when she finally had brains enough to move there permanently in the 6th book, as a Royal Princess, and Glinda as the ladies's enforcer, so the saga could be seen as a feminist fable, were it not for the second book, THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ, in which there is a feminist revolt, an army of women who are tired of being housewives, and who invade the Emerald City. They are portrayed as foolish for desiring other than a life of cooking, cleaning, and caring for their men. And it is Glinda, the most emancipated of all women in the series, who puts down the revolt.

L. Frank Baum seemed conflicted on the issue, but I'd have to say, yes, Dorothy was a feminist.