It’s important to remember that Republican doesn’t have to equal conservative. Palin is an embarrassment for the many intelligent and dedicated Republicans who are tired of their party’s dependence on the far right. In a year when so much of the GOP’s agenda has appealed to conservatives by stomping on women (whether by trying to defund Planned Parenthood’s ability to offer pap smears–in a redundant effort to limit federal abortion support–or by trying to redefine rape), I think there is no greater sign of this problem than the laughable notion that Palin is the best female candidate they could come up with.
http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/06/20/feminist-hulk-meet-ms-magazine-the-sequel/
This quote is from Feminist Hulk's "literary life partner," J. (Jessica Lawson).
Why do I love it?
It's nuanced.
I've been following Feminist Hulk for a while, and I just finished reading all three of zir interviews with Ms. Magazine Blog. Feminist Hulk is a fierce feminist, as fierce as I am. This makes me happy. And just as Hulk smash gender binary, Hulk smash us/them binary that divides women from each other and people from other people who share values with each other. This also makes me happy. (Yes, labels like "Republican" and "Democrat" are at times irrelevant.)
It takes courage to cut across that either/or divide, whether it's in politics, religion, spirituality, culture, customs, etc.
At its heart, feminism is about seeing through those artificial either/or divides, back to both/and.
At their heart, so are Quakerism and many forms of Paganism.
Feminist Hulk rock.
(And Feminist Hulk make Stasa happy.)
2 comments:
Stasa, I hope you realize that you are made of Awesome. :)
Aw. :) Thank you. You've just made me even happier.
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