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Female Scotus Pick

By ~LS~ On May 22, 2009 · Add Comment · In Feminism, Politics, Race and Racism and tagged Tagged With: Feminism, Politics, Sexism

An email I sent to reporter Lynn Sweet in response to a post she made on Politics Daily on why Obama should appoint a woman to the Supreme Court:

I’m writing to you about a phrasing that you wrote in the lead to your SCOTUS post. The lead to your article reads: “So a new Gallop poll shows “no clamor” for President Obama to select a woman or minority to the Supreme Court vacancy being created by the departure of Justice David Souter.”

Your lead calls to mind an old book entitled _But Some Of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men_.

The point in this title is that not all women are white, that there are minority women too, and those women get elided when we write about “women” and “minorities” as separate categories. Now, I recognize that you are simply parroting [...]

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Obama and Generation Jones

By ~LS~ On November 8, 2008 · 2 Comments · In Generations, Politics, Race and Racism and tagged Tagged With: Generations, Obama, Politics

So, I’ve never heard of Generation Jones — the generation between the Boomers and Gen X — until recently. Generation Jones is presumably named such because they (we) are a generation of Jonesers. We yearn for things. This, I identify with. We were too young to participate in the summer of love, the Vietnam War, or any of the defining events of the Baby Boom generation.

I’m not sure how I feel about the very existence of a Generation Jones. I’ve identified as a Gen Xer ever since I read the book by Douglas Copeland. Some accounts of generations have me dated as a Boomer, but that’s hardly true for me. I clearly don’t identify with my mother, who is clearly a Boomer. For some people, the defining character of Gen X is its pessimism, something I most certainly relate to. Douglas Copeland talks about the pessimism born of [...]

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History in the making

By ~LS~ On November 5, 2008 · Add Comment · In Politics and tagged Tagged With: Generations, Obama, Politics

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Sarah Palin is a Diva

By ~LS~ On October 26, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Feminism, Politics and tagged Tagged With: Feminism, Hillary, Politics, Sexism

From CNN

“She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” said this McCain adviser. “She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.”

“Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.”

If this were a Hilary quote I’d be livid. I would read it as a sexist slam against her solid leadership skills. But when I read it about Sarah Palin, all I did was snicker, and think it was an excellent characterization of someone with no leadership skills at all. She’s so not ready to be president.

The article makes it a point to talk about other vice-presidential candidates who were off message and “going rogue” as well, which makes [...]

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Great Obama ad

By ~LS~ On October 25, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Politics and tagged Tagged With: Obama, Politics

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McCain is a hothead. No duh.

By ~LS~ On October 1, 2008 · Add Comment · In Politics and tagged Tagged With: Obama, Politics

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