(Grand)father of Nasty Women

(Grand)father of Nasty Women

Someone on the march told me that this was the best line I had ever written. But I didn’t write it. It was a collective product, written down by my grand-daughter. The “grand” is in parenthesis because my daughters are also nasty women. And my wife has been a bolshevik feminist since she was twelve. I am absolutely certain that they will win.

Michael Walzer and granddaughter Katya Barrett. Photo by Joanne Barkan.

Someone on the march told me that this was the best line I had ever written. But I didn’t write it. It was a collective product, written down by my grand-daughter. The “grand” is in parenthesis because my daughters are also nasty women. And my wife has been a bolshevik feminist since she was twelve. I am absolutely certain that they will win. We (men of the family) march in solidarity—and in awe.


Michael Walzer is editor emeritus of Dissent.

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