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more about #lindahirshman more comments → princesscrunchy: After months of lurking on this site, I am compelled to post. I have a lot of mixed feelings about this thread. Admittedly I was more judgmental about... more » elephante: "I took a pounding for asking: Why didn't she leave?" It's interesting that she's been criticizing victims this whole time and is now trying so very ... more » franzen: I became obsessed with the Rihanna case this winter, when I picked up my first boyfriend. It wasn't until a month or two ago that I figured out why th... more » margot123: While I certainly don't agree with Linda's Obama comparison, I think her article raises some important points. I'd be lying if I said I never smugly... more » SylvanSylph: The biggest single reason I stayed with my abusive boyfriend for four years was that I would have been mortified if anyone had discovered that I, an a... more » CubeRootOfPi: Abused women are told that it's their fault for having caused their significant other to abuse them. If they stay in the relationship, they're told i... more » whynotshesaid: What a brilliant piece of writing. I particularly liked this line: "Like most people who've never been the victim of a crime — particularly a viol... more » Elizabth_Bennet: I highly recommend "Strange Piece of Paradise" by Terri Jentz. It's very dark but gives a much fuller understanding of abuse. She talks to several, ob... more » CubeRootOfPi: Are women different from African-Americans when it comes to writing their own destiny, as the president powerfully expressed it? Apparently. Ms. Hirs... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: "Are women different from African-Americans ..." Okay - quick. As Rihanna is a woman of color, let's start with what's wrong with this sentence, Linda. more » vivianthelibrarian: Her logic in her Obama speech argument is so twisted I can barely follow it. When, for a quick moment I can see the point she's trying to make, it's s... more » andBegorrah: I can't judge her (see what I did there) for that head shot though. If Camille Paglia had crowned me heir to the throne of Misogynfemiprivilecrazypant... more » SBJ: It doesn't appear that anyone in this discussion has anything helpful to say in a concrete matter for women being abused at all. Countering "Leave f... more » Shamrockette: ...feminists try to shame women out of abusive relationships by telling them that it's their fault (and a betrayal of feminism) for staying. So basic... more » Spacegirl goes home: Oh, Linda Linda Linda. Keep digging, honey. Eventually you'll wind up in China. more » -
#stopalready
Linda Hirshman Stands Defiantly In Judgment Of Domestic Abuse Victims
Linda Hirshman, who is more adept at re-writing history than she is at letting anything go, has written yet another column about feminism, domestic abuse and Rihanna, without the benefit of reading any of the new research on abuse. More » -
#endrants
The F-Words: Faux Outrage Over Slutty Feminists Is F-cking Hurting America
Well, this is some bullshit! (Of course, so is my hyperbolic headline.) More » -
#wwjjd
Comic Confrontations: Judge Judy Vs. Feminists
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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#faintpraise
Sympathies For The...
First, perhaps final, thoughts: This is purely anecdotal, but historically, when pearl-clutching, middle-aged white ladies complain that the integrity of young women is under attack, it means the Rolling Stones are coming to town. [XX] -
#gettingoutofherway
Former Victim Counselor Takes On Assumptions That Leaving Abusers Is Easy
Hilzoy at Obsidian Wings has a response to Linda Hirshman's Slate piece in which she says feminists need to start "calling victims on taking responsibility for their own well-being." Hilzoy thinks that's crap, too. More » -
