Kudos to Scott McClellan for speaking out in his new book, as much as he was able or willing to, that is. I haven’t read the book, but I’m discomfited by what I’ve heard of his continued “protection” of Bush. If he sees Bush as anything but one of the most evil people to walk [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Clash of Values
Posted in Bush, Bush Administration, Miscellaneous, tagged Bush, Bush Administration, Misc, Scott McClellan on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A-Kos-ted
Posted in Daily Kos, Sexism, Violence Against Women, tagged Blogosphere, Daily Kos, Domestic Violence, Michelle Obama, Misogyny, sexism, Violence Against Women on May 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s no secret in the blogosphere that Markos Moulitsas of DailyKos.com fame is an Class A (for a-hole) Misogynist, or that you can get a dose of the famous DailyKos flavor of misogyny right there on the front page nearly daily.
The first worst thing that I remember a major brouhaha about (not being a fan [...]
Update #2 re GLBT Wars at DU: Not pretty.
Posted in DU, Gay Rights, tagged DU, DU admin, DU Faults, DU Feminists, feminism, GLBT Forum, homophobia, sexism on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve offered my own critique of DU Admin Skinner’s concessions to their complaints, along with my hope that DU’s GLBTers would not be so quick to forgive and forget. Alas, they mostly were. Only one person, 94114_San_Francisco, raised any concerns:
Rule #1: Don’t tell feminists how to be feminists
Posted in Patriarchy, Sexism, feminism, tagged discrediting feminism, Dworkin, Limbaugh, MacKinnon, sexism, The RUles on May 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Or, for that matter, don’t tell women how to be women. Just don’t.
Telling women how to behave, what to think, what to believe, who to BE has been a right that Patriarchy co-opted for itself (forcefully and violently) for millennia now. We’re farkin’ tired of it. And at this point in our history we [...]
“Not Just Another Race…
Posted in Sports, Uncategorized, tagged Danica Patrick, Media, Milka Duno, sexism, Susan Fisher on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…This is the Indianapolis 500,” said the announcer.
And ain’t that the truth? For a long time, Indy was the ONLY race, or at least, back when my my brother and I used to watch the Indy 500 when we were growing up in the 1960s, there weren’t any other races of that type that we [...]
Update #1 re GLBT Wars at DU
Posted in DU, Gay Rights, Uncategorized, tagged DU, DU admin, DU Faults, homophobia, sexism on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, it appear I spoke too soon. That otherwise wonderful GLBT thread kicking Skinner’s behind on the issue of homophobia and other bigotry just couldn’t do without at least one token sycophant:
damkira (1000+ posts) Wed May-21-08 11:42 PM
Response to Original message
111. Thank you, Skinner.
A couple of loud-mouth malcontents don’t represent the gay community. [...]
Well, lookee here.
Posted in DU, Hillary Clinton, Sorry Sisters, tagged Clinton supporters, DU, DU admin, DU Faults, Hillary Clinton, intellectual dishonesty on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It pays to have friends among the moderators. I was getting ready to write up a piece on Ms. NanceGreggs’ abominable behavior (again), and went back to review some of the little permalinks I’d saved. Oops! Some of those posts in her lengthy thread are GONE, completely gone. Wonder how that happened?
At first I [...]
Other Bigotries and Trouble in Paradise
Posted in 2008 Election, DU, Gay Rights, Hillary Clinton, Sexism, tagged bigotry, Clinton, DU, DU admin, DU Faults, Gay Rights, GLBT, homophobia, Obama, racism, sexism on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You’ve already noticed: my main thing is sexism and misogyny.
That doesn’t mean I don’t care deeply about racism, homophobia, ageism, lookism (a variation on sexism), ableism, and all other forms of bigotry. I consider all of them “all of a piece,” different threads of the same piece of tapestry, and I keenly suspect that [...]
It’s getting so old
Posted in 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Sexism, tagged 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Republicon, sexism on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So old, so wearying, these attacks on women Hillary supporters who are expressing their keen disappointment in the outcome of the race as it’s evolving.
It’s clear to me that the whole phenomenon is really just another manifestation of the sexism enveloping and dragging down the Clinton campaign (not that I believe sexism has been [...]
