http://www.reclusiveleftist.com feminism, politics, and random pedantry with your host, Dr. Violet Socks Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:05:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 — ... http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/09/05/real-feminism/ 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 ... http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/09/03/give-em-hell-sarah/ 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. ... http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/09/03/and-we-thought-the-woman-hating-couldnt-get-any-worse/ Here: What [McCain] has done is actually quite sophisticated. It is very short sighted to say that he can’t use the “lacks experience” argument against Obama anymore now that he has chosen Palin. Wrong. He now can say he put Palin in a position that is appropriate to her political ... http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/09/01/what-anglachel-said/ What in the hell does Sarah Palin’s daughter have to do with being Vice-President? Newsflash: Teenagers have sex. Teenagers get pregnant. Teenagers who don’t believe in abortion don’t get abortions. What the hell is the big deal? From where I sit, Palin and her ... http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/09/01/leave-the-kid-alone-and-her-mother-too/ Women buried alive in ‘honour’ killings Aug 30, 2008 09:37 AM ROBIN McDOWELL The Associated Press ISLAMABAD–A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by southwestern tribesmen to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands, telling stunned members of Parliament this week to spare him ... http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/09/01/five-women-buried-alive-in-honor-killings-pakistani-lawmaker-unsure-what-the-big-deal-is/ Barack Obama lost the election yesterday. He sowed the seeds of his destruction himself many months ago, when he decided to exploit sexism and misogyny in his quest to defeat Hillary. Now John McCain will reap the harvest. Back in June, BDBlue at Corrente wrote: I have long believed the ... http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/08/30/karma-thy-name-is-bitch/ This is a ground-shifting, earth-quaking year in American politics, though not in the way any of us expected. I don’t know what will come of the various initiatives popping up here and there, but I know that nothing will ever be the same again. Just got this ... http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/08/29/the-new-democratic-party-ndp-is-forming/ I’ve been telling my mother for a month that McCain would pick a woman. “Governor Palin of Alaska. I’ll just bet you.” Every time I would say that my mother would just roll her eyes. I knew it. I knew he would ... http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/08/29/i-knew-it-i-knew-it-i-knew-it/ Will he show up wearing a toga to match the fake Greco-Roman temple? Will they fly him in from the roof, like that guy in the Opening Ceremony in Beijing? Or maybe the stadium will be transformed into a cathedral of light, à la Albert Speer? Whatever happens tonight ... http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2008/08/28/after-the-speech-tune-in-to-nqr-to-hear-patsy-sugar/