Archive for November, 2008
Becoming a Woman
“No No No!!!” These were the words my new boss had scrawled in red ink across my draft memo. After more than a decade as a big-firm lawyer in the area of complex insurance coverage contracts, I was rather shocked to see such a savage display of temper, and even more shocked to think that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Feminists Don’t Have to Be Pro-Choice
If there’s one thing that the doomed selection of Sarah Palin has proved, it’s that feminism has become abortionism – both to most anti-feminists and to many feminists as well.
What was the most common criticism of Palin, after the chuckling over her multiple, shall we say, faux pas? Something along these lines: She’s not a [...]
“Ease Up on Palin”? Why?
New Feminist’s comment on this thread wasn’t seen fit to be posted, but we’ll say what we have to say anyway:
Palin was not a good choice because the cost of energizing the Republican ticket was alienating moderates – an inevitable problem, it’s true, and one that has little to do with Palin per se. A [...]
Lust for Filthy Lucre …
Plus we wanted to buy some t-shirts that didn’t say, “Birth control is for wussies:”
http://www.cafepress.com/new_feminist
Our first two t-shirts say:
“Only smart women get to be feminist role models” (AKA, You read all of them, huh?)
and
“More birth control = fewer abortions” (AKA, I know you’re anti-something, but I’m not sure it’s abortion)
The Burden of Knowledge
Does someone want to talk to you about how Sarah Palin is a feminist Role Model who just doesn’t fit feminist stereotypes?
Does someone want to whine about the massive sexism they thinks undermines boys’ achievement (it couldn’t possibly be macho ideals)?
Does someone want to carp at studying women’s literature and history?
Tell them that the burden [...]
