July, 2009
But if this were really a cocktail party I bet we wouldn’t be talking about abortion
Folks, I apologize for falling behind in my grueling post schedule. It’s just that I’m utterly engrossed in sewing the new curtains for the lounge. I’m almost done, I promise. This place is way overdue for an upgrade, and I’m putting in new curtains, wallpaper, slipcovers, attractive floor pillows, inexplicable objects from [...]
Comments from the giant thread: who speaks for feminism?
I’m brewing up a post on the question of litmus tests for feminism, and why it’s okay for dishonest misogynistic patriarchal tools to call themselves feminists as long as they’re in favor of choice, while a “pro-life” woman who’s a feminist in every other respect is reviled by these same paragons as a despicable anti-feminist [...]
“You’re not listening to me”
I don’t have any trouble understanding what Sarah Palin is saying, but Andrea Mitchell is baffled. She’s on the scene in western Alaska to “try to find out” why Palin resigned, even though Palin said pretty clearly in her resignation speech that she was quitting because it had become impossible for her to do [...]
Comments from the giant thread: inside the mind of a former Palin-hater!
A couple of days ago I wrote a rambling, inside baseball kind of post about feminists and Sarah Palin. I just thought it would be something to chew on over the holiday weekend while I worked on a few refurbishments here to the Spirit Smoking Lounge.
Instead, the thing went viral and landed at the [...]
Feminists and the mystery of Sarah Palin
I don’t usually comment on other blogs; I have little enough time to keep my own gig in working order. But the other day I was over at I Blame The Patriarchy, where I was dismayed to find in the comment threads some of the same Palin-bashing that has become drearily familiar from the [...]
What??????
Sarah Palin just resigned as governor of Alaska.
I would say something but I’m too busy sitting here with my mouth open.
Holy shit. I guess we will have another woman running for President.
UPDATE: here’s a link from Reuters with her remarks at the press conference.
UPDATE #2: Video and transcript:
Transcript [...]
Breaking Michael-Jackson-is-still-dead news
My brief run as a 24/7 Michael Jackson Is Dead blogger kind of petered out there since I didn’t really give a shit — or at least not enough of a shit — but anyway, before this opening sentence crawls any further up my ass, this is actually kind of interesting:
It’s [...]
What we can learn from the Vanity Fair hit piece on Sarah Palin
The infamous Vanity Fair piece on Sarah Palin — you’ve heard of it by now, right? — is a fascinating study in the lack of self-awareness. The source for the article, McCain campaign chief Steve Schmidt, is an egomaniacal Republican strategist who thinks people with lady parts have no business running for [...]
