If the Future Is Nonbinary, It's a Bleak One for Women

In the beginning, the future was female.by Katie Herzogogichobanov/Getty ImagesIn the beginning, the future was female.
This four-word slogan started popping up online in the last few years, but it originated with a snapshot taken by Liza Cowan in 1975. The photo, which has gone viral many times over on Instagram, shows Cowan’s then-girlfriend, a folk singer named Alix Dobkin, with short hair, red-framed glasses, and a white t-shirt that read, in all caps, “THE FUTURE IS FEMALE.&rdqu