anchor: And since then, she has played her part just fine, establishing herself as a separate unit and not just standing by her man, like Dowd's failed feminist, but standing by her family, like a grown-up--a condition that Dowd herself curiously never seems to get any closer to as the years go by.
positive: Her relationships are compared to those of Dowd's.
negative: Dowd is better in all aspects than her.