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Dorothy Parker is a twentieth century novelist, playwright, critic and poet from the USA. She was active on a number of left wing causes beginning with her protest against the hanging of two anarchic anti-government activsts Sacco and Vanzetti. With her mixed heritage, Scottish and German Jew, and her relationships with bisexuals, Parker had progressive views on gender and sexulity. Parker would have supported the calls for less government interference with individuals, she would be in support of the moves towards true gender eqaulity begun in the Occupy movement. Dorothy Parker threw her support behind women and feminist issues, and many of her poems and short stories explore the role of feminine in society. Dorothy Parker's contributions to the New Yorker magazine seem to have been neglected in the Wikipedia entry. It is mentioned that hse was instrumental, but not that sheconceived of and contributed the short stories that are a famous feature of the magazine.