Chapter Eighteen
Rallying behind a set of common goals is always the first step in social movements, but those goals inevitably reflect the lowest common denominator of everyone involved. Historically, to make change, one first has to subjugate to the larger group because it is only when the basest goals have been met that we each have the luxury of pursuing what we really want.
–Dr. Abigail Rosen, The F Word: Femininity in the New Century
Mitch pushed a last cold bite of omelet around her plate. A bit of green pepper stuck out of the wedge of browned egg. That had been a mistake, that green pepper. She should have left well enough alone with the mushroom. Green pepper was Reginald’s province. And Carol’s.
After chats with Reginald, she shouldn’t eat these dinners at the kitchen table,
