Artist Diary

She would have hated the label. Ayn Rand despised the feminist movement of her time. She called it a movement of victims and refused to align herself with women who demanded special protections or blamed the patriarchy for their struggles. She would never have called herself a feminist. But here is the irony. In 2026,…

There’s a frustrating pattern I see whenever Ayn Rand comes up in conversation. People don’t argue with her ideas. They argue with her. Her personal life. Her harsh tone. Her outdated views on gender, race, or feminism. And then they conclude: “See? She was wrong about everything.” That’s not logic. That’s avoidance. Rand was a…