It’s so bad that they gave a whole segment to a Salon Hit job that itself so bad that it has compelled lefty blogs OTHER than the reclusive leftist to rise to her defense due to misogyny:
What makes this article the worst thing I’ve read all day is the fact that most of what’s in it is the sort of shit that is considered (rightly or wrongly) the mundane business of doing politics, and yet is somehow ZOMG SHOCKING when done by Sarah Palin.
Monika Bauerlein, the co-editor of Mother Jones, tweeted: “I didn’t think anything could make me rear up in Sarah Palin’s defense, but this VF profile is close.”
It’s a sentiment I share.
I remain constantly infuriated at the number of pieces written about Sarah Palin that compel feminist/womanist women to come to her defense, or, at minimum, point out the absurdity of the coverage.
And this woman can’t stand Sarah Palin yet she is compelled to write this. SISU instead hits it flat out.
The Reclusive Leftist hasn’t touched this but she had this to say about the attack of the Ewoks:
Okay, Emily’s List? If you don’t want women (or anybody else) to think that there’s only one voice for women, then why are you obsessing over the political opinions of this one woman? In the gender-neutral world we all wish for—a world where women are half the human race and, as Gloria Steinem once said, a mediocre woman can do as well as a mediocre man—obviously women are going to be all over the map with their opinions, politics, and abilities. Just like men are. Yes? And the notion of one woman speaking for all women will be as ludicrous as the notion of one man speaking for all men. Yes? And while we’re not living in a gender-neutral world yet, we are living in a world where women have been active and prominent across the full political spectrum for decades now. Yes? And so your concern that people might think this one woman somehow speaks for all women is rather absurdly misplaced. Yes? And in fact your whole campaign seems to actually undermine the idea that women are simply half the human race and that no one woman speaks for all women. Yes?
Perhaps if “feminists” listed to her in 2008 they wouldn’t have to defend Palin in 2010.
Oh and if you think this is bad if she runs it will be a whole lot worse. Bank on it, and leading national feminists will keep silent.
Morning Joe guys, I like you but if even politico runs stories about how bad this story is, you might not want to highlight it.
Memeorandum thread here
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