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Comic Confrontations: Judge Judy Vs. Feminists

Tracie — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:00:00 EDT

Feminists seem to love bickering about feminism. And as more women join the conversation, it gets nastier…and better! It's exciting that so many care enough about it. But it's time Judge Judy kept some order.

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Blogger Annoyed By Drunk, Pole-Dancing, Workaholic Women Writers

Megan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:40:00 EDT

Blogger Debra Dickerson is tired of young feminists talking about the present and future state of abortion rights as if they actually care about them.

Dickerson, who once denied Barack Obama the right to describe himself as black, says, in her blog on MotherJones:

Today's feminists need to blog less and work more. If women want reproductive choice to remain more than rhetoric, they'd better stop assuming these clinics will be there when they need them.

Apparently, we should also stop appreciating irony, like when a blogger tells other bloggers to stop writing so much.

But wait: Debra has a plan.

But you young chicks maybe need to go the Northern Exposure route, sending folks to med school in exchange for a few years running an abortion clinic.

Question: Who exactly is she talking about? Perhaps this will clear up the confusion!

Pole-dancing, walking around half-naked, posting drunk photos on Facebook, and blogging about your sex lives ain't exactly what we previous generations thought feminism was. We thought it was about taking it to the streets.

Yes, critiquing the feminist "cred" of other women is exactly like taking it to the streets. (I'm sure Debra was the only feminist currently writing on the web today who was on the Mall in 2004, handing out tens of thousands of stickers for NARAL during the March for Women's Lives.)

She adds:

Tell me exactly what today's feminists are doing for the struggle. Besides posting disses against old chicks like me. You got that covered.

Okay, Debra: Shall we start here?

The Future Of Abortion Providers [MotherJones]
Passing The Repro Rights Torch [Feministing]

Related: Colorblind [Salon]

[Picture via MotherJones]

Maybe It's Just Us, But Michelle Obama Seems Pissed About Something Other Than Never Having To Work Again

Moe — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:35:23 EDT

We know the words "First Lady" lack the respectability of, like, "handbag designer" or whatever — and it's not as if it the job ever leads to anything — but we're still scratching our heads at the weird blogger outcry over Michelle Obama quitting her job:

Just as we watch curvy, healthy-looking singers and actresses like Lindsay Lohan become anorexic too-blonde hoochies before our very eyes, so we're now in danger of having to watch the political version of that process: Any day now, Michelle Obama's handlers will have her glued into one of those Sunday-go-to-meeting Baptist grandma crown hats while smiling vapidly for hours at a time...Few could stand up to the pressure she's facing, especially from blacks, to sacrifice herself on the altar of her husband's ambition.

Uh, earth to Debra Dickerson: That is not why Michelle keeps making all those weird passive-aggressive comments about putting the butter away. The reason we and other slightly more distinguished people named Maureen are so uncomfortable when Michelle Obama says stuff like "someday maybe he'll deserve all the attention" or "he's just a man" or calls him "the brother" even when she knows it makes the white folks uneasy is pretty simple: "The brother" fucked up!

It wasn't Gennifer or even Monica; it was probably just some one-night fling. And Michelle's forgiven him because the other woman totally wasn't even that thin, but it's just so hard to stay forgiving, because, I mean, what a total dumbass man-move to make, right? Isn't it just like a DUDE to sleep with some fawning, butt-ugly City Hall aide one night after budget negotiations and then persist in forgetting to put the butter away, leaving it melting vulnerably on the counter? As if the FUCKING DOG isn't fat enough already? Jesus, Barack! And you're supposed to be all "clean" and "fresh"? You totally remind us of our fucking ex-boyfriend.

Michelle Obama's Sacrifice [Salon]