that so-called Sex Positive Feminists are, for the most part (all the parts I’ve seen, anyway), waaaaay off base. Misguided. And they usually have to twist themselves into pretzel shapes to try to make their rationalizations sound, well, rational. In the cases I’ve seen they don’t quite make it.
I’m not trying to be unkind, but [...]
Archive for June 10th, 2008
I’m absolutely positive
Posted in Sexism, feminism, tagged sexism, feminism, Patriarchy, Blogs, sex positive feminism on June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
DU’s Battered Women
Posted in DU, Gay Rights, Sexism, feminism, tagged DU, DU admin, DU Faults, Misogyny, sexism on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Several years ago (November 2004, to be exact), Mel Gilles wrote a brilliant essay on Matthew Gross’s blog to the effect that the Democrats were behaving like battered wives. She was 100% correct. I urge everyone to read it: it’s still brilliant, still a classic and still too true, alas.
Unfortunately, I’m reminded of Gilles’s insightful [...]
