Karen Durbin, a fierce feminist who championed sexual liberation and fulfillment as a journalist, served as the second female editor in chief of The Village Voice and then went on to become a virtuoso film critic for The New York Times and other publications, died on April 15 in Brooklyn. She was 80.
Her death, in a health care facility, was caused by complications of dementia, her friend and former colleague Cynthia Carr said.
