text: Feminism failed for me the first time I read Gloria Steinem saying that the alternative to feminism is masochism. Local feminist leaders verbally and emotionally abused me. National feminist leaders expected me to be silent and passive. I decided I would be a masochist to continue as a feminist. 
  
  July 2017 saw the election of a new president and vice president for NOW. Only NOW members who had the money, transportation, time, and substitute care for children, parents, and/or spouses to attend the national conference had voting rights. NOW leaders chose Orlando, Florida in the middle of the Florida peninsula for this election conference. Orlando is about as far away from the rest of the country as is possible to get. No absentee voting. No voting through state chapters. One of the candidates for president was a Florida resident. Can you guess who won?
  
  The National Organization for Women is THE champion at voter suppression. Vote suppressing Republican politicians should take note.