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Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
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The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
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Becky brings to our attention yet another screed at Feministing. Highlights:
1. People are referring to Sarah Palin as a feminist and/or as a liberated woman.
2. This is distressing to Jessica Valenti, CEO of Feministing, because Sarah Palin is not a feminist.
3. It is even more distressing to her that the mainstream media is referring to Gov. Palin this way.
It’s become rather typical for the feminist blog, or flog, to fail to define for us why we should join the flogger in being outraged at something. But it’s a little unusual for the flogger to fail to intone why she is outraged at something. The crux of the complaint seems to be that there are attributes of definition for someone who seeks to be known as (or is proffered by others as) a feminist, and Sarah Palin is missing some of those. But even though the comment thread has grown to 57 items as of this writing, Valenti refuses to disclose what those items are or should be.
Seems to have something to do with abortion.
Can someone clue me in on how & when abortion came to be a feminist thing? Yeah women get pregnant and guys don’t, I get that…but abortion itself can be an anti-woman thing, you know. All it takes to stand the whole juxtaposition on its head is to start discussing societies in which babies are aborted because they’re girls — and suddenly abortion is related to womens’ rights in a whole different way.
Commenter nestra (#1) pointed things out more articulately than I think I could’ve…
So using a constructed title such as “feminist” requires that the person holds to every single one of a set list of beliefs (as defined by who?), but identifying as a male doesn’t require a y chromosome.
That’s an interesting way of changing the rules to fit your own ideals, Jessica.
But it wasn’t nearly articulate enough to penetrate Jessica’s bulletproof bubble of selective attention deficit disorder —
Huh? Nestra, I’m not sure what you’re saying here…
Yup, I’ve met my share of these folks. Selectively clueless. “I don’t see how what you just said, is related to my goal of forcing more people to agree with me!” Freakin’ timewasters. CBTA.
The question that remains is, is there some “set list of beliefs” for feminists? Jessica is on record as saying both yes and no, from where I sit, depending on what answer she can give that’s most convenient to the point she’d like to be making.
Maybe she should go think this out a little bit better. Some people do better thinking when they’re given something to do. Like, for example, go get me a cold beer and make me a samrich.
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I love how people try to “own” certain titles or descriptions and thus try to exclude anyone who doesn’t fit their ideals of belonging.
I think Sarah Palin is the epitome of feminism, at least from what I’ve been told it means for the last 40+ years.
Leave it to the followers of Liberalism, of inclusion and diversity, of trying to exclude Mrs. Palin. They can’t hold a candle to this independent, hard working, strong woman. Maybe that’s why their so freakin’, hilariously scared of her.
I say any woman who says Palin doesn’t belong in that club called feminism should have their card taken away from them, pronto, which would probably mean the end of that ridiculous club. Then maybe we can put that all that BS to bed and get on with our lives. Just like Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin. The end of feminism as we know it, (but in a good way).
- tim | 09/09/2008 @ 14:58The question that remains is, is there some “set list of beliefs” for feminists?
Ah, Morgan. You’re SO obviously illiterate in this space. Everyone knows it’s ALL laid out in the canons of Saint Steinem, Saint Greer, et al. Get with the program, Buddy! 😉
- Buck | 09/09/2008 @ 15:35And this illustrates my severe handicap with multiple choice tests; I fall prey to the self-contradictory test-prep material when others don’t.
You say it’s all laid out in the canons, but Jessica says no:
Of course. Pointing out the obvious. Yes, I get the fact that there are teeming millions who’ve successfully extrapolated the single non-contradictory idea that I’ve failed to extrapolate. But that doesn’t help me out too much I’m afraid.
I do notice that every time I end up confused, it comes right after I’ve started out with the presumption that feminism is about safeguarding liberties, specifically, individual liberties. That’s a pretty durable trend, which, in turn, probably means something. Or not.
- mkfreeberg | 09/09/2008 @ 15:55Dammit, Morgan, one of these times when I fall out of my chair laughing I’m gonna injure myself.
Just left this email for a friend, who told me this cartoon gives NOW too much credit for introspection.
- philmon | 09/09/2008 @ 17:25The mental midget Jessica Valenti is pontificating about who is and isn’t representative of feminism?
Lucky for us, this mouth breather is one of the leading online flag-bearers of feminist ideology today.
Examples of her idiocy aren’t rare. My favorite is the title of her book: “He’s a stud, she’s a slut…” as if this high school slumber party topic is either deep or insightful.
Her book title alone conveys her lack of understanding this little fact: society treats someone who earns a million dollars as having achieved a whole lot more than someone who spends a million dollars, if you get my drift.
- eman | 09/09/2008 @ 20:33I think three of the key points are:
– she appears to like men
– she’s not a victim
– she’s into motherhood as well as her work.
Definitely an anti-feminist.
- pdwalker | 09/09/2008 @ 20:35