During her time as an editorial assistant, Durbin met her close friend and colleague, Ellen Willis,[3] a founding member of Redstockings feminist collective.
Attending Redstockings meetings exposed Durbin to the political ideologies of radical feminism, civil rights and anti-war movements (she would go on to serve on the editorial board for Win Magazine).
[1] Durbin first began writing for The Village Voice in 1972 with the personal journalism article "Casualties of the Sex War," in which she critiqued the radical feminist movement.
"[4] Durbin returned to The Village Voice as a full-time staff writer and assistant editor in 1974, covering a range of feminist issues and film criticism.
[5] Durbin's 1976 cover story "On Being a Woman Alone" remains one of the publication's most notable personal essays, which she wrote after ending a long-term relationship with Hendrik Hertzberg.