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[rkt]

Dear Internets:

***Until further notice, i am no longer claiming the title of "feminist". I refuse to allign myself with any of these people. no. Hell no.

I am tired. My energies are needed elsewhere. the end.

Just maybe when you stop trying to claim that the term "periodically" is sexist, we can attempt to re-start a conversation. (Not even I, in all my so-called man-hating glory conceive the logic of that one.)

And, look, i'm all about giving my uterus, hell, even my vulva-loving-vulva, a say in my voting processes. But do you people not remember that Margaret Thatcher and Madeline Albright are both womynz, as is Condoleezza Rice? (Please, no transphobic/homophobic jokes here.) Do you really think that any of them were/are better for you based on the fact that they have a vajayjay, too?

At this point, were I to judge someone by their fanclub, I don't know who'd win: Clinton or McCain.
And that's just sad. Because McCain is totally sleeping with GW.


Ok- See also here.

Comments

[amyannosu.livejournal.com]

But- Clinton is a victim of sexism as she runs her campaign just by virtue of being a woman, though it is not as rampant as I expected it to be. Just a couple of weeks ago I heard someone making a joke in a restaurant about the country being on "code red" one week each month.

But it is pretty crazy when people start supporting her solely for that reason. Though I can't say that wasn't one factor in my support for her.

But in my mind, you can be a feminist without aligning yourself with outspoken feminists themselves...

[rkt.livejournal.com]

that joke is nasty.

i could be, but i'm just so throughly disturbed with the shit spewing from white feminists with power to have their voices dominate, i need a vacation.

[twofeetcia.livejournal.com]

You better watch yourself, or I might just have to start talking to you again.

[rkt.livejournal.com]

Perish the thought.

[twofeetcia.livejournal.com]

You know this whole post takes all the fun out of that email I sent you.

And I am glad you included the Ferraro comment, as I was going to ask you for your take on it. (Though I have no clue why exactly.)