The Backlash Is Upon Us
Laura Bush, of all people, sounds like more of a feminist than Michelle Obama
And it’s not just because she calls herself a feminist, whereas Michelle firmly rejects the label. Here’s what the former First Lady had to say about the Sotomayor nomination:
“As a woman I’m proud that there might be another woman on the court,” Bush told ABC’s Good Morning America. “So we’ll see what happens, but [...]
Giant sucking backlash from hell
My little feminist pirate ship of the mind is encountering some rough swells this week. The Backlash is strong upon us, and every time I turn around I get another whopper in the face and up my damn nose. I can’t even read my Google news feed.
We got Michelle Obama [...]
The President is a man, the First Lady is talking fashion, and all is right with the world
There were a few scary moments last year when it seemed a woman might actually be the next President of the United States, but then the patriarchy got things back under control with Barack Obama. Just as Obama’s inauguration was an aggressive and carefully calculated display of male dominance, the media coverage of his [...]
