I can’t speak for other oppressed groups, but I do know when women have had enough, truly had enough, someone is likely to pay. And sometimes women are even willing to hurt themselves — or let me phrase that as “make a sacrifice” — in the process of bringing someone up short. I can’t imagine, [...]
Archive for June 9th, 2008
Hell hath no fury…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hillary Clinton, Misogyny, Obama, sexism on June 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Gratuitous Sexism #2
Posted in DU, Sexism, tagged DU, DU admin, DU Faults, Gratuitous Sexism on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Really, in my mind, there’s hardly any other kind. ALL sexism (and other bigotries) is unnecessary and therefore gratuitous. But sometimes the sexism gets especially gratuitous and I’ll be pointing it out. Here’s some patently GRATUITOUS SEXISM, from DUer MonkeyFunk:
73. Geez, who lit your tampon?
This was in a discussion thread started on Saturday by one [...]
Some Short Takes
Posted in 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Sexism, feminism, tagged 2008 Election, feminism, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Misogyny, sexism on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ack. These got lost in draft land. I’ll toss ‘em out anyway. You can get away with a lot of things when you don’t have a lot of readers. Or so I’ll tell myself. For now.
1. Hillary and Obama and the Relentless Misogyny
I really love what Melissa McEwen over at Shakesville says about Obama and [...]
