5 Feet of Fury

For some women, the 80s never ended

“A work colleague recently took one look at the four-inch peep toe heels I was wearing and snarled, ‘Don’t you know why men invented high heels?’ I doubted anything I said would deflect what was coming next, so I just shrugged. ‘So you can’t run away when they want to rape you.’ I understand. I used to be a humorless feminist, too, complete with shaved head and my father’s combat boots. Then I discovered Charles David heels and got over it…”