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Archive for July 20th, 2008

And again. It gets so old, the same old tired arguments.
Here’s yet another DU round of the “We hate Hillary (not to mention other women) so much we won’t even admit she endured sexism in her primary election.” Gag.
EMILY’s List: Hillary’s loss a lesson for women
EMILY’s List founder Ellen Malcolm says
this year’s drubbing of [...]

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It didn’t take thinking women long, at the dawn of 2nd Wave Feminism (and perhaps even earlier versions) to notice that the Patriarchy assigned us bascially two roles: Madonna and Whore, and rarely did the twain meet. Not content with that, they went on to define those roles for us, with boatloads of Catch-22s built [...]

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Right at the top of my list are Thelma and Louise and Tootsie. (Surprised? I didn’t think so.)
I also liked Big with Tom Hanks because it was intelligent but still a lot of FUN. Shawshank Redemption because it was so intelligent and so well-acted with that super-satisfying ending. But for the most part, all [...]

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I missed you.
Well, sorta.
I was just very busy, and partially out of town without real internet access (no laptop, and frankly perfectly content not to be eternally and perpetually hooked up, Luddite that I am).
But I’m back now, and will try to be more consistent and loyal to my blog. We’ll see how that works [...]

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