← Front page

Pivot · Friday, September 4, 2026

Jacob Soboroff Reflects on Gloria Steinem's Influence on Ms. Magazine

Jacob Soboroff shares his thoughts on Gloria Steinem, highlighting her role in Ms. Magazine. He notes how Steinem, in an "open source way," allowed the magazine and the feminist movement to be guided by its readers.

personGloria SteinemcompanyMs. Magazine

The tape

1 quote
And, um, and I guess I didn't realize how much of what that magazine did was informed by the readers and the letters that were written into Gloria and how much, um, almost in an open source way, 50 years ago, she let the second wave feminism movement, in particular through the magazine, be guided by the people who were her readers, her clientele, her customers.
Jacob Soboroff
Heard on Pivot — “Apple Bows to Trump, Bond Market Sounds the Alarm, and Kalshi Bans George Santos, published Friday, September 4, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
Transcribed via Gemini audio transcription · $0.05