I think that's bs. I don't see how she is any kind of step forward for women in general. And I don't say that because she is a frontier rube. I thnk she is wrong on the issues and her image is toxic, on the whole. If she's the iconic woman of the times, god, doesn't it make you wonder why we wound up with someone who babbles? I also prefer straightforwardness the whole thing about can I call you Joe.... ick.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > She didn't say Palin was a modern day Shakespeare. She said Palin represents > a branch of feminism that has been ignored by the repressive orthodoxy of > paleo-feminists like Gloria Steinem. Read the letters that follow on the > next page and you will see why. Conservative, small-town, religious women > connect with her. They see themselves in her in a way they could never see > themselves in ideologically narrow-minded women like Steinem. I especially > love how Paglia blasted Katie Couric, calling her out for the harpie that > she is. What I like about Paglia is that she is intellectually honest. > > Underestimate Palin at your own peril. Women like Paglia may be voting for > Sarah Palin for President one day. > > Brooks has clearly bought into the liberal line that Palin is a frontier > rube with no brains and no skills. Sure, he's a conservative, but he's also > part of the Northeast elite professional class that Paglia loves to ridicule > for its insularity and self-aggrandizment. > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Judah wrote: > >> Palin is a modern day Shakespeare and Madonna was the international >> birth of sex positive feminism. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:273153 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
