- R. MonaLeza
- Gloria Steinem speaking against Amendment 6 at the I Am Choice rally in St. Pete.
Two weeks ago, immediately after walking off stage at the I Am Choice rally, Gloria Steinem took a few minutes to speak to Creative Loafing. On the eve of a presidential election, Steinem talked about the importance of voting. She also pressed that equal pay for women is about more than just gender equality, but rather a major boost for the economy laying in wait.
Arielle Stevenson: We are in a swing county, in a swing state. Why is it important to vote in this election?
Gloria Steinem: Because you're in a swing county in a swing state (laughs). As this county goes, so could the country. And especially after 2000 when 536 votes won the entire presidential election, even though later it turned out that factually gore had won popular vote. So not only is it important to vote, but to fight to vote.
This article appears in Nov 1-7, 2012.