Steinem

So it was especially meaningful for me to connect with Steinem again for a conversation in large part focused on that same perspective.

Steinem, you may not be surprised to hear, believes that Coney Barrett “does not represent the majority opinion of Americans and certainly not women.”

Steinem spoke to Fortune about this surge in activism and the issues that she sees as the most urgent right now—from the potential confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to the presidential election.

Now 80 (and still fabulous), Steinem recalled the roots of the feminist movement.

“To say our bodies belong to ourselves is revolutionary,” Steinem said.

First up: activist Gloria Steinem with actress Eva Longoria.

“I think of these crimes as supremacy crimes,” Steinem said.

Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm and others started the National Organization for Women and Ms. Magazine.