Didion: A Woman Who Stands Apart From Conventions

I think probably her most important essay as with, you know, hindsight being 2020 is, I mean, it ends famously on the scene of the baby. And that's about as feminine as it gets. She was a real beacon for a lot of confused women who were coming of age at the time and struggling to understand these complex issues. You see this also in later writings in your magical thinking and things like that how much that was central to her identity.