Meeting Gloria Steinem Was the Best Celebrity Interaction I Ever Had. Now I Understand Why.

Politics What Meeting Gloria Showed Me Steinem was an icon. She also understood the movement. Sept 03, 20262:02 PM John Lamparski/Getty Images Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. I am not the kind of person who does well meeting celebrities. Generally, I don’t recognize them. Alternatively, I embarrass myself. But there is one encounter that I remember as nothing but glorious: meeting Gloria Steinem. It was back in 2015 when she was touring her book, My Life on the Road, and I remember, after seeing her speak and buying a copy, the experience of taking a picture with her with some of my friends. What surprised me—delighted me in fact—is that it ended up not only being not bad, but actually veering towa