Gloria Steinem Needs to Stay Previous 100, Does not Remorse Not Having Youngsters

• Gloria Steinem, 90, is the primary visitor on Bobbi Brown’s new YouTube collection, “I Am Me.”
• In Thursday’s episode, the 90-year-old activist mentioned growing older and her option to skip motherhood.
• Brown advised Enterprise Insider that she goals to uplift and encourage girls with this video collection.

Gloria Steinem would not thoughts being one of many oldest girls on the earth.

The author and activist, 90, just lately sat down with Bobbi Brown to look as the primary visitor on the sweetness legend’s new YouTube collection “I Am Me,” which launched Thursday.

Throughout their dialogue, Steinem mirrored on her life within the public eye, the evolution of ladies’s empowerment, and her emotions about skipping motherhood and growing older.

Concerning the latter subjects, the writer stated she’s glad in each areas.

When Brown requested Steinem who would carry her legacy, the activist replied, “heaps and plenty and plenty of folks” — from fashionable artists she admires to folks.

Steinem stated single moms, particularly, encourage her. She believes a “large” think about her success over time is that she was by no means chargeable for elevating youngsters — giving her time to focus solely on herself and her work.

“Any regrets on that?” Brown requested.

“No, no, completely not,” Steinem stated. “I am undecided why besides maybe as a result of after I was rising up, I used to be taking care of my mom, who was not nicely. I’ve observed that different individuals who had been small folks taking care of massive folks do not need to do it once more.”

She additionally stated she would “possibly” describe herself as a giant sister of the ladies’s empowerment motion however would by no means assign herself the title of its mother.

“I’ve by no means been a mom,” she stated.

On the subject of growing older, Steinem stated she’s comfy with herself in her ninth decade and is worked up to grow old.

“I am 90 years previous. Howdy?” Steinem stated to Brown. “I appeared as much as discover the oldest lady on the earth, and I discovered a lady who’s 130, supposedly — so I’ve a objective.”

The activist additionally stated that not working from an workplace each day spares her “the compulsion” to usually look within the mirror. When she does, nonetheless, she’s not shocked or bothered by what she sees.

“I do not care about getting previous, besides I like it right here, and I do not need to depart,” Steinem stated.

In an e mail to Enterprise Insider, Brown stated that serving to girls love themselves has all the time been a core a part of her profession — from launching her first namesake make-up line to her present magnificence enterprise, Jones Highway.

With this collection, she desires to take that effort additional and present that “success does not come simply.”

“All of us face challenges, regardless of how good issues look on the surface,” Brown stated. “The message is easy: the perfect factor you are able to do is to be your self.”

And he or she’s studying that lesson herself from every visitor on her present.

“All of us have our struggles and battles with self-doubt,” Brown stated. “The secret is how we rise above the challenges and select to maneuver ahead with imaginative and prescient and confidence. I’ve discovered to have a look at obstacles as alternatives — and each one of many inspirational girls on ‘I Am Me’ has their very own tales of how they obtained there.”