Literary critic Helene Moglen and the Making of a Feminist

That old 60's phrase "consciousness raising" may sound quaint and overblown today, but for a generation of progressive intellectuals it wasn't hyperbole. Feminism, for example, was more than a push for equality and social justice; it was a wholesale re-evaluation of all sorts of unexamined "truths" about the world and the stories we tell. It's easy to underestimate how much the ground shifted back then, which is why I wanted to talk to Helene Moglen. She was there for, and part of, the whole shebang. In this interview, Helene offered a very interesting look at her life, her times and work as a critic. Topics include: Faculty parties before and after the women's movement, what really happened at those consciousness raisings, and feminist readings of "Frankenstein" and "Robinson Crusoe.