How I Got Radicalized

‘Funny Girl’ Made Me Rethink What It Means to Be a Leading Lady

I never thought I could be the star. Barbra and Fanny showed me the way.

Leah Rosenzweig
GEN
Published in
8 min readJan 12, 2021

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Welcome to “How I Got Radicalized,” a series from GEN that tells the story of a cultural moment that made you drastically rethink how society works.

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Leah Rosenzweig
GEN
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Writing about wine, cultural history, books, and more. Words in GEN, Slate, Eater, LitHub and more. I am extremely freckled.