Is this political?

[kimbari]

I know, I said no more political posts but I have bright young people on my flist who post stuff in their journals that just need to be seen, so I'm passing this along.

I think I mentioned Gloria Steinem's editorial in one of my previous posts (and if I didn't, I should have). tressiemc posted about a debate between Steinem and Melissa Harris-Lacewell, an

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[nightsinge]

Is this the debate that was on Democracy Now last night? I had just happened to catch it and I was jumping about the kitchen, screeching with joy. Take that--Steinem! Melissa Harris-Lacewell had her so messed up she finally retreated into "why can't we all just get along" territory.

You know, in terms of second-wave feminism I sort of get that they were operating in ignorance, shutting out women of color and lesbians while spouting a rhetoric of "join us and it'll all be ok." What I do not get is why those same women are still spouting the same crap. Challenge yourselves! Keep up with the critiques and the theories, girls!

(And yes, I did call them girls. Nyah.)

[kimbari]

That's the one. :) MHL did have her running, didn't she? Hee!

[grace_om]

If you want to make political posts, I hope you will -- I for one am always interested in what you have to say. I read the transcript, and Dr. Harris-Lacewell left Ms. Steinem looking quite foolish.

So many things deeply bother me about Hillary, and claiming "executive experience" from being *first lady* is right up there.

[kimbari]

Yeah, that's a total *headdesk*.

It's Bill angling to get his old job back. I noticed he can't seem to keep his mouth shut.

[annabee]

I found Steinem nearly unreadable, 'you know?'

In my limited and humble experience, academic feminists are invariably patriarchal in nature.

[kimbari]

academic feminists are invariably patriarchal in nature.

Hah! Good point!

[asgoesohio]

I noticed the same thing. It was pure incoherence.