September, 2008
Sarah Palin on feminist issues
Governor Sarah Palin and daughter Piper at Riverbend Elementary School in Juneau.
Sarah Palin calls herself a “pro-life feminist.” Basically, that’s feminism minus abortion rights.
Obviously that puts her at odds with modern American feminism on a crucial issue. But to hear tell from the many feminist writers now publishing furious editorials, [...]
Why the attacks on Sarah Palin are the best argument for voting for her
The treatment of Hillary Clinton this year showed us that sexism is far more acceptable and more endemic than racism in this country. Naysayers liked to claim that the hatred was for Hillary alone, not for all women; but they were wrong.
Just look at Sarah Palin. She’s different from Hillary in [...]
The Big Tent
A couple of days ago I mentioned one of the projects I’m involved in that’s part of the burgeoning Fourth Wave of feminism. It’s called The New Agenda. I’m one of the founders of the group and the editor of the website.
Amy Siskind, the group’s leader, likes to describe The New [...]
Never underestimate the ability of Democrats to lose an election
I thought Republicans were supposed to be the party of women-who-hate-other-women:
South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a
running mate “whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.”
Maybe this is all just part of the Democrats’ GOP-envy. Gawd knows they’ve fallen all [...]
Obama campaign continues to depict Palin as a moron
From “senior Obama adviser” Anita Dunn:
“She’s new, and a good performer of that speech that she reads, but that doesn’t necessarily translate into votes eight weeks from now,” Dunn said
A good performer of that speech she reads. Sarah Palin is the goddamn Governor of Alaska. She’s a crack politician who has made [...]
McCain gains 20 points among white women
Holy smackerels:
The most surprising results — and surely the most disturbing for the freshman Illinois senator’s camp — are the immense gains McCain has made among white women following the Republican National Convention and the well-received prime-time speech by Palin.
In barely three weeks since before the Democratic convention last month, that crucial group of [...]
Second Wave Squared
For the past few months I’ve been talking in bits and pieces about the new wave of feminism that Hillary Clinton’s campaign jump-started. The thrill of seeing a woman reach for the presidency, combined with the trauma of seeing that dream despoiled by the latent sexism and misogyny in our society, has sparked a [...]
Real feminism
I’m going to post here what I said over at Apostate’s:
I see Sarah Palin as an ordinary modern Republican woman with feminist leanings — about as feminist as Republicans get.
I do not think she’s evil, anymore than I think most ordinary Republicans are evil. I believe she — and they — are mistaken [...]
Give ‘em hell, Sarah
Gawd. Sarah is a star.
I disagree with this woman on almost every policy position, but I like her anyway. Actually I think I have a tiny little spirit-crush on her. She’s Annie Get Your Gun, she’s Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, she’s about a half dozen American populist fantasies all rolled [...]
And we thought the woman-hating couldn’t get any worse
You know the argument: the Hillary-haters don’t really hate women; they just hate Hillary. All the sexism and misogyny thrown at Hillary is for her alone, not for all women.
Yeah, right.
The Crucifixion of Sarah Palin is one of the most revolting things I’ve ever seen. After the Trashing of [...]
