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more about #salon Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: There are reasons women, uniquely, don't feel the same allegiance to one another the way other marginalized groups do. Unlike other groups, we live i... more » alula: Ugh, I can kind of see her point (although she does tend to make it in a battering ram way) and I do think there's a vicious cycle aspect, in which wo... more » Susan B.: I think this is different than saying "This would never happen to black people!" She's not doing the Oppression Olympics, we-have-it-worse thing--she'... more » LilSpitfire: I don't think she gets it that sometimes in politics it's a matter of choosing to cut off your leg, or cut off your arm. Either way you're going to b... more » kentuckienne: For crying out loud -- am I happy with the Stupak Amendment? No. Am I happy with every decision Obama has made so far? Definitely not. Do I still h... more » SomeAuthorGirl: I get that Linda Hirshman wants me to be pissed. Except she never fails to make me pissed at her. Maybe a lot of the large donors she named don't fe... more » Pennsylvanian100: Could the women she is talking about be the 30 million single women who don't vote? It is really, really hard for me to get worked up about any abort... more » SocialAnimal: Not a fan of her metaphor, either, but she does have a good point about the primacy of identity. I mean my primary identity as others see it. In a ro... more » PilgrimSoul: Honestly, I try not to be an asshole about this sort of thing, but sometimes I feel like we're all crabs in a bucket in this "feminism" of ours. I do... more » AfroJezeBella: "Why won't women take a lesson from the bold voices of the gay movement?" Are said women seperate from homosexuals and blacks and other minority group... more » JerseyGrrrl: While I agree with the overall thrust... Oh Latoya ;) I hate, HATE the constant BJ metaphors and anal sex metaphors relied on when one group is bein... more » CurtCole: I really must learn to stop reading once I see "Linda Hirshman." I've never read anyone who was more consistently close to being right, but never actu... more » Ginmar Rienne: Haven't we learned about Hirschman already? Doesn't she always find a way to blame women? more » Suzie Wong: I've always wondered, did emoticons like ^_^ and -__- originate from Japan or Japanese sites? Because I swear, 7 or 8 years ago the only people I knew... more » kookla: This made me LOL. Sorry, couldn't resist! 8-) more » erika_carnea: *ahem* as a linguistic anthropologist, my assessment of smilies has always been that they substitute for the pitch curves that assist in contextual in... more » Stephanie wishes to kill Tucker Max: I think the woman at salon is being kind of snotty. I like emoticons, and I also like using ones that aren't as common, like this one: ^_^ I like to t... more » Ginmar Rienne: One emoticon is one thing. However, blinkies, banners, sparklies, flashing 'twu wuv forever' pics and so forth are entirely another, especially all at... more » casi nadie: I use emoticons unabashedly. I don't use them to punctuate sentences, I use them in place of sentences. They don't show up in my emails - there, I am ... more » magicwaffle: "I look forward to seeing you tonight. :)" = I'm really looking forward to being with you because you make me happy. "I look forward to seeing you to... more » -
#personalpolitical
Writer Wonders Why Women Keep Swallowing For Democrats
Using a slightly vulgar oral sex metaphor, Linda Hirshman takes to Salon today - the National Day of Action against Stupak-Pitts - to rage against female complacency when it comes to using a pocketbook veto on the Democratic Party. More » -
#emogirls
The Great Emoticon Debate Rages On ;-)
Writes Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams, "Smart people, nay, brilliant ones use emoticons. Articulate, bright, funny people. Yet when I see a smiley, my first thought is, 'What are you, 12 years old?'" :-< More » -
#modernlove
"I Am Fed Up With Feeling Like A Secondhand Citizen To Gadgets!"
"My boyfriend's an iPhone addict!" complains one letter-writer to Salon's Cary Tennis. Lady (or gent?): Join the club. [Salon] -
#welcomewagon
The Great Kate: Jez & The Amazing, Technicolor Dreamblogger
Another day, another amazing guest-blogger. Please welcome writer Kate Harding, proprietress of body-acceptance blog Shapely Prose, and author of/contributor to numerous books, including Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce With Your Body and Yes Means Yes. More » -
#girltalk
Recession Casualty: Female Solidarity?
A piece in Salon suggests that in a recession, we find sexist stereotypes comforting. To that we'd maybe add: girl-on-girl crime? More » -
#twoguysandagirl
One Woman, Two Men, And Salon's Version Of "Modern Love"
Not to be outdone by the Times, Salon has started its very own series of true-love stories. This week: "Louise," who left her husband of 29 years for her high school sweetheart. More » -
