And it’s probably feminism’s most popular iteration ever.” With wit and imagination, she traces the evolution of marketplace feminism during the past twenty years, and its assimilation into mainstream society, for better and for worse. Zeisler’s fantasy reveals the mixed blessings-and strange bedfellows-created by today’s “bizarro world” of “marketplace feminism”: the intersection of capitalism and feminism. Zeisler goes on to imagine that the event would feature a “special conversation between Hayek and Jolie that adds $175 to the conference ticket price but does include a gift bag containing chia-seed energy bars, a luxury skin mask, and a coupon for Activia yogurt.” Paparazzi would be camped out to get snaps of celebrity attendees Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, and Amal Clooney. It would be held not at a convention center but at an extremely posh spa, all the better to pop out for a quick seaweed detox wrap if needed. Then she fast-forwards to describe what such an event would like today: “I’d like to think it can have the same galvanizing spirit,” Zeisler writes, but I’m also 99.9 percent sure it wouldn’t be funded by the government, but by a slate of multinational corporate sponsors: Verizon, Estee Lauder, Gucci. The keynote was by Texas Congressional Representative Barbara Jordan, and the conference’s resulting political action plan focused on such substantive issues as sex discrimination, wage inequality, childcare, abortion, and the rights of minority women. “The brainchild of Bella Abzug and Patsy Mink” and funded by the US government “to the tune of $5 million,” writes Zeisler, it drew between 15,000 and 20,000 attendees. In one chapter she looks back at the landmark 1977 international women’s conference in Houston. In her new book, We Were Feminists Once, Andi Zeisler is as adept as one can get in capturing-and contrasting-specific moments in pop culture. Sadly, I suspect this location will end up closing, and is only overly crowded because it is not near many other restaurants in this area.We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to Covergirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement The food is just not up to par with other nearby Italian restaurants scattered all over Boston and Providence. In all the meal was just average and there is probably a reason you don't see too many of these chain locations open anymore. Dessert was served as brownie sundae with gelato and it was equally not that great, very hard brownie and sauces that tasted like they were from a jar. Filet was just average as well which I was surprised at and it had areas of tough pieces. Entrees came out hot, servings were a bit skimpy and biting into the red potatoes which were overcooked and the very limp broccoli and then taking a bite of the small piece of veal scallopini I was not overly impressed, it was just ok, a bit overcooked and tough and I was a bit surprised that this was the same food as the delicious fried mozzarella we just finished. Food was served timely, waitstaff here was ok, our server could of been a tad bit friendlier and was all business but it was fine. We started out with fried mozzarella which was delicious and opted for the Veal Scallopini and Filet. Extensive wine and cocktail lists and even a small menu for the kids. Menu here is standard selection of Italian dishes, standard appetizers and entrees. Thought that was strange.The service here started off slow but picked up quite a bit and the two managers visible in the dining room checked in on us on two occasions which was decent. The entrance and hostess station here is an odd setup which leaves very little room for waiting patrons and is adjacent to the seating so cold drafts enter the dining room and tables are set up in the walking path of patrons entering. Place was very crowded since it was Saturday, parking lot is very large and interior here is decorated quite nice with cool light fixtures etc. First off, this location sits in Wellesley Falls area of downtown Wellesley off Route 9 and is tucked away to the right near the river, hardly noticeable and is quite a large location. Overall Papa Razzi is consistently ok Italian food however it is not the greatest and never will be for a few reasons.
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