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The Lady Doctor

By ~LS~ On December 30, 2009 · Add Comment · In Feminism and tagged Tagged With: Baton Rouge, Feminism, Gratitudes, Sexism

Over Thanksgiving I had a conversation with my mother-in-law about women doctors. She explained that she had to see a woman eye doctor because her regular doctor was unavailable and that this made her uncomfortable. I recognize that some people are uncomfortable with women doctors even today. Comfort with a doctor is an emotional thing, not something you can necessarily address rationally. I expect that with each generation this discomfort will lessen. Still, when I play the very old doctor riddle with my students in class, most can’t solve it. Here’s the riddle:

A man and his son were in a car and had an accident on the highway. The boy was critically injured and rushed to the hospital. Doctors are not allowed to work on their family. After seeing the boy in the emergency room, the doctor said, “I can’t work on this child. He’s my son!”

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Randomly Musing – Madonna and Keith Richards

By ~LS~ On October 27, 2009 · Add Comment · In Feminism, Pop Culture, Random Musings and tagged Tagged With: Age, Consumption, Fashion/beauty, Feminism, Music, Pop Culture, Queer, Sexism

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Peaches – No Sexist Pigs Allowed on My Planet

By ~LS~ On June 22, 2009 · Add Comment · In Feminism, Humor and tagged Tagged With: Feminism, Humor, Sexism

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Peaches, Queen of the Universe

By ~LS~ On June 14, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Humor and tagged Tagged With: Humor, Sexism

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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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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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The Lady Doctor

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