Feminism's debt to Sarah Palin
I love this.
The first way Palin was good for feminism is that she helped us clarify what it isn't: Feminism doesn't mean voting for "the woman" just because she's female, and it doesn't mean confusing self-injury with empowerment, like the Ellen Jamesians in "The World According to Garp" (I'll vote for the forced-childbirth candidate, that'll show Howard Dean!). It isn't just feel-good, "you go, girl" appreciation of female moxie, which I cheerfully acknowledge Palin has by the gallon.
--Katha Politt
The first way Palin was good for feminism is that she helped us clarify what it isn't: Feminism doesn't mean voting for "the woman" just because she's female, and it doesn't mean confusing self-injury with empowerment, like the Ellen Jamesians in "The World According to Garp" (I'll vote for the forced-childbirth candidate, that'll show Howard Dean!). It isn't just feel-good, "you go, girl" appreciation of female moxie, which I cheerfully acknowledge Palin has by the gallon.
--Katha Politt
posted by Madame Defarge at 4:14 PM
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