{"id":631,"date":"2008-02-27T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=631"},"modified":"2008-02-27T08:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T13:01:00","slug":"on-the-importance-of-embracing-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2008\/02\/27\/on-the-importance-of-embracing-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Importance of Embracing Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Personal hero Gloria Feldt–who is also on the Board of the Women’s Media Center, where I’m part of that first class of Progressive Women’s Voices–is about to hit #11 on the New York Times Bestseller list with her new book with Kathleen Turner, called Send Yourself Roses<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n

I met Kathleen at their book party earlier this week and was appropriately star struck.<\/p>\n

But what I want to share via Gloria this morning is something she shared with us at PVW a few weeks ago. She was asked about the lessons she learned leading a social movement where she worked a great deal with the media and messages as vehicles of social change. And she told us about the importance of embracing controversy–something I’m still learning. I seem to keep playing it safe when reporters contact me to talk about intergenerational divide among women around the election. I’m working on how to respond without fueling a notion of “catfight.” Still working on it. Meanwhile, Gloria’s general comments to us are now posted on her blog, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, the 6 C’s of Embracing Controversy:<\/p>\n

Controversy<\/span> is the Courage<\/span> to risk putting your Convictions<\/span> out there to the world, using the controversy strategically, because controversy is a Clarifier<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dit gets people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attention so you can use your platform to present your Case<\/span> at a time when people are paying attention, and therefore controversy is a Change<\/span> agent\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbecause to make change you have to make people think differently, learn new things, and clarify their values.<\/p>\n

May we all learn to follow Gloria’s example, I say. The woman knows from whence she speaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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