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11/09/09
In many ways, I hope the Republicans (Dems, too) can be less of a platform-party and more of a party of issues; If 3rd parties can never fully realize strength in America, the next best thing, to me, would be a variety of individuals in each party that held integrity, compassion, justice, intelligence, and objectivity in high esteem.
I know... Keep dreaming. #womeninpolitics
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A hyperrich white young attractive blonde woman who got an instant platform in the national media because her father is a conservative Republican Senator realizes that some women have it hard. News at 11! #womeninpolitics
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Also, I know you may not feel like one, but please: you're 20 years old. You're a woman. Not a girl. Referring to yourself as a girl is probably unconscious, but think about how that impacts how people perceive you, and other 20-year-old women. #womeninpolitics
11/09/09
@amandavmead: Nothing you just said is inconsistent with anything I said. So, um, okay? Yes I do judge her. #womeninpolitics
11/09/09
While MM definitely speaks from a place of (largely unexamined) privilege, you can see she's trying to leave her shelter and slowly get a grip on the world (the world world, not the world invented by the likes of Michelle Bachmann, R-Crazytown) -- even if she's not straying too far from the tent.
I think she's a ninny, but I have to admit I sort of stand behind her stated mission to reform (or at least youngify) the GOP from within. Not that I think it will work. But it's like when my parents wouldn't pull my brother out of Boy Scouts over the gay scoutmaster case, because they reasoned that if all the liberals left the BSA in protest, the organization would have no one left interested in changing its policies. #womeninpolitics
11/09/09
Look, I don't hate the woman, she's not the antichrist, she's not the worst Republican of the bunch, and I hope to heaven that she can convince some of those nutjobs of basic things like "gay people deserve human rights". But I don't like her, and I find that every time she makes the news she speaks from a position of such oblivious, blind privilege that it sets my teeth on edge. #womeninpolitics
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More importantly, there's nothing at all about Meghan McCain that says she's trying to pop the "bubble" of her privilege. Where did you get that idea? The way she fell ass-backward into her sinecure? Her self-appointed position as Important Republican Voice? (As much as the Rs do need better voices and serious reform, it takes a hell of a lot of chutzpah to think of yourself as the go-to person to reform one of America's two major political parties before you've ever even held down a job.) Her privilege is entirely unexamined. Realizing that there is such a thing as sexism is not the same as examining your own privilege. And yes, if you are among the most privileged people in the world and don't ever take the time to reflect on that reality or acknowledge its benefits, I will be tempted to villify you. That's the kind of attitude that allows blatant disregard for the less fortunate, and "she didn't ask to be a billionairess" doesn't negate the need for self-awareness with me.
And lastly, I was talking about entry into the real world when I said she's at least 5 years behind her cohort. We both know that there're many people who never think about sexism (though these people are very rarely women), so I surely didn't mean to imply that everyone is an informed feminist by 25. But when you factor in people that start working straight out of high school and people that work their way through community college and/or college, yes. She's very far behind her peers in re: dealing with the real world. #womeninpolitics
08/16/09
We'll have to see what sort of change this affects. My guess is, well, zero.
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I tried to look up a statistic for this in Iran, but this is the best I could find. I'm not sure if this means that it doesn't happen at all, or if there is no data. I'd look harder but I have to leave for work: [www.unicef.org]
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(ps: has Ahmadinejad ever advocated for FGM, or are you just basing this all on Islamophobic assumption?)
08/17/09
I do not associate FGM with Islam, btw. It was/is prominent in Kenya, a Christian nation (and not a nation in the North, either). I associate it with restrictive governments. So thanks for the assumption, madam put-words-in-my-mouth.
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I can't really believe you read my first post though. It's like you took a basic idea out of it and ran with it. When I said "I'm assuming here", that wasn't an accidental typing. When someone pointed out I was wrong, that should have proved you right. Instead you had to pile on. But okay, I get your point. Let me polish your star for you.
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(On a more serious note: It was nice to see Hillary talk about this stuff, and she and Obama have made a pretty fantastic team.
I think she's right-- getting the first female president will take the right person with the right story at just the right time, but I do think it will happen sooner rather than later. Before Obama burst onto the scene, not a lot of people thought a black man had a realistic shot at the Presidency, but look what happened there. I am hopeful).
07/26/09
Just look at Palin, she's wilting under pressure. Say what you say about Hillary, Hillary was and is no quitter.
07/26/09
But growing up in a country where at one stage, the official and de facto head of state (Queen of New Zealand, and the Governor-General), and the head political officer (Prime Minister), and the Chief Justice were women, and little issue made of it means that the whole world can have equality in the leading offices.
Just time for some asshats to pull their heads out their arses and recognise it.
07/26/09
Americans. We're so behind.
07/26/09
Meanwhile, CNN is counting down Sarah Palin's last half hour as the governor of Alaska. With an on screen clock. What a joke she is.
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07/26/09
Sarah Palin is everything I don't want to see in a femaie president. UGH.
07/07/09
However, calling this a post-mortem might be premature. I mean did you see this?
"Palin tells @abckatesnow "department of law at the White House" would protect her as president. @GMA [tinyurl.com]"
[twitter.com]
Argh!
Sarah dearie, just don't talk to the press for a while, please, pretty pleas with sugar on top. It will be a win-win situation.
07/07/09
"Asked whether she'd be subjected to the same "political bloodsport" if she went for national office, Palin told Snow she's confident that the "department of law at the White House" would protect her from baseless allegations."
07/07/09
i mean, the reason why sarah palin isn't "good" for women is because she's "bad" for everyone. people who are on a national platform spewing hateful garbage are bad for everyone, no questions asked, male or female. i wish we could just drop this subject of palin as feminist and the constant defense of her and move on to actually discussing the shit she says and does. or just ignore her! either would be okey dokey.