Women's Media Center proclaims in blue at the top of their site, "Show Me the Women 2008 Presidential Debates" and, apparently, that's a plea so that they can have some targets to hurl abuse at. They're really making themselves into a joke at Women's Media Center and they need to get their shit together pretty damn quick.
"Show Me the Women: The Presidential Debates" is the sort of non-action that Democratic partisans (posing as feminists) wallow in. See, the girls are a little upset about women being represented in the debates. No, they're not calling for the McKinney - Clemente ticket to be invited. They just suck up to the Democratic Party. They're not capable of doing anything else. So they whimper and whine about the moderators and argue it a 'success' that Gwen Ifill was picked to 'moderate' the Democratic and Vice Presidential debate. That's not a 'success.'
It's a conflict of interest, of course. Most importantly, Gwen was happy to call out Don Imus for racism but, you'll note, she never said a damn word about sexism. The small number of broadcast women who actually called out sexism include Katie Couric, Bonnie Erbe and Cokie Roberts. 'Success' might have been one of them being moderator but it's not the hapless Gwen.
Calling Gwen a 'success' operates on the "at least she's got a vagina!" principle. You know the one that's so very important when it's someone they like but the one that's not at all important when they dislike the woman?
It's the same double-standard that leads to Carol Jenkins embarrassing herself with praise for Rachel Maddow. Maddow does possess a vagina. She's also a War Hawk and, Carol, sell yourself out somewhere else because this crowd ain't buying your bullshit. Our own Elaine called out Maddow's War Hawk ways (for those not aware, Maddow spent her entire year of Unfiltered arguing on air that the US should not leave Iraq -- some voice of peace) and it resulted in an on air meltdown. Rachel was born sucking up to the establishment, she'll die the same. (Just as she called out Chris Matthews for almost a 24 hour cycle . . . until MSNBC offered her a contract and suddenly she was telling the press how wonderful Chris was.) And, no, we don't find her Chachi male-drag act attractive. (For those who forget, some of the 'progressive women' Carol cites ripped Hillary apart for her 2002 vote re: Iraq, however, Maddow's 2004 to 2005 public support for the illegal war goes unquestioned by the same little girls.)
WMC Offers "Majority Post" -- a so-called blog they bill as "A Forum for the No-Longer-Invisible Majority." A laughable claim considering the number of women who left comments to Robin Morgan's insulting garbage last week only to never be let out of moderation. Our own Betty left her comments and they've never made it to the site. She figured they wouldn't (and plans to post on that next Friday) so we'll share what the "forum for the no-longer-invisible majority" wouldn't:
Calling it what it is: Garbage.
I understand WMC has refused to allow some women to post. Go for it with me, girls. This Black feminist has her own site and intends to reply there. But get it through your insulated heads, Bash the B**ch is never an acceptable game to play and WMC allowing falsehoods, long disproven by FactCheck.org, to be printed helps no one. I find it hilarious that in the name of ’sisterhood,’ you largely White girls continue to prop up bi-racial Barack while ignoring our Black sister Cynthia McKinney.
I’ve got 75 angry e-mails from my readers (predominately Black) who are feminists and don’t tailor their opinions to this year’s talking point. They are offended by Robin Morgan’s writing and they should be offended. Bash the b**tch is queen bee behavior, it is not feminist behavior.
I’ll check back later to see if I too was never let out of moderation. If that becomes the case, I will be posting on that and, you can be sure, my post will be reposted at many other websites.
Thank you, Robin Morgan, for explaining how very little women matter. I will be sure and toss your books in the trash because my youngest is a girl and she certainly doesn’t need to grow up reading your "Sisterhood is Powerful" or "Sisterhood is Forever" when your own actions prove that Cynthia McKinney can bust her rear for feminism and it will never matter to the largely White feminists of WMC.
Yeah, we got e-mails as well. Funny that the forum is happy to render all those women invisible.
The top four stories at WMC currently all attack Sarah Palin -- you know, the woman.
Take High Priestess of Male Gaze Avis (she's a rental) A. Jones-DeWeever who wants to ask, "Where Have Our Standards Gone?" "Sit your ass down, Avis," says Marcia. "No one needs your high yellow face this early in the morning."
Avis wants to question Palin's competency. Repeating, wants to question Palin's competency. It's amazing the gas bags hanging out under the street lights trying to peddle that one. Governor Palin is a v.p. nominee and she has more experience than Barack Obama who is running for the highest office in the land. "Sit your tired ass down, Avis," says Betty with an "amen" from Cedric.
Peggy Simpson shows up insisting "Pundits and Viewers Give Palin a Pass" -- yeah, Pegs, it's a conspiracy. Poor Peggy Lu, she carries so much water for the Obama-Biden ticket, she might throw out her shoulders:
Biden also scored the emotional moment of the vice presidential debate against the younger mother-of-five Palin.
"Look, I understand what it's like to be a single parent. When my wife and daughter died [in a 1972 car crash] and my two sons were gravely injured, I understand what it is like as a parent to wonder what it’s like if you kid's going to make it."
Palin not only didn't react to that or give even a glance toward Biden. She changed the subject and talked directly into the camera.
It's really something to hear a so-called feminist gloss over Joe Biden's choked up moment -- really something to watch as she praises it and doesn't even raise the issue of the sexist pile up on Hillary following her New Hampshire moment. But it takes a special kind of STUPID to then blame Palin for moving on.
Pegs, what was she supposed to have done? Pulled the cry baby to her bosom and patted his head? Was she supposed to meet your sexist definition of 'nurturing female'? Or was she supposed to call attention to Biden's embarrassing moment?
Let us know, Pegs, because, as C.I. pointed out Saturday, there's no win for a woman in this no matter how she behaves. The treatment of Hillary and the treatment of Palin proves it.
And then there's Robin Morgan and her awful "When Sisterhood Is Suicide and Other Late Night Thoughts." As Betty pointed out, the title rips off Gloria Steinem's "Night Thoughts of a Media Watcher." C.I informs that Robin's using a fear tactic and ripping off the ultra-right Richard Posner ("Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of a National Emergency"). What a proud moment for Robin.
Robin opens her column with, "I screwed up. I started writing this weeks ago as a Letter to Undecided Women Voters . . ." Well, she got it right in her first sentence, she screwed up. But why Robin Morgan thinks undecided voters needs to hear from her on how to vote goes to her own huge sense of self-importance and her own disdain for what we'll assume are the 'common folk.' Yes, Robin Morgan, it's election time! Please, please, don't just tell us how you will vote, tell us how we should vote!
Does she not grasp not only how insulting that is, not only how self-aggrandizing that is, but it how makes it appear to the outside world that the feminist movement is filled with a bunch of nimrods who can't think for themselves?
Well anyone who could say "Sisterhood Is Suicide" has a few screws loose. Try that for the title of your next opus, Robin. We're sure Bill O'Reilly and the others of Fox "News" will happily book you as a guest.
Robin confesses, "By now, my short tolerance for willful ignorance is as spent as Wall Street while socialism-Republican-style tries to nationalize it." Uh, you mean like the man you're trying to push women into voting for (trying to push women around is more like it)? Barack Obama. He and Joe Biden voted for what you're calling out. That's some ticket you're supporting, Robin.
She offers, "So many dolts and liars, so little time." Well, by all means, make the time to include yourself on the list of "dolts and liars."
Here's a lie from Robin: "She’s broad-minded, willing to have evolution taught alongside creationism."
Here's reality from FactCheck.org: "Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools. She has said that students should be allowed to 'debate both sides' of the evolution question, but she also said creationism 'doesn't have to be part of the curriculum'."
Don't expect WMC to correct the error because . . . Well frankly, they never do. Surprisingly, considering the number of female journalists involved in the project, accuracy isn't apparently an aim or even a goal to strive for. Which explains how Robin can get away with being 'creative' in her own quotes. Hey, don't look at WMC as journalism, okay, it's a creative writing class! And who's more creative than Robin Morgan?
We would call her outright lies and her 'creative' quoting "toxic viciousness" were it not for the fact that she claimed to say goodbye to all that back in January.
Hey Robin, some women support Governor Palin. And there you are tearing her down to build up Barack. It makes no sense.
So why should all women not be as justly proud of our womanhood and the centuries, even millennia, of struggle that got us this far, as black Americans, women and men, are justly proud of their struggles?
Uh, Robin, "So . . . struggles?" is you writing in January.
In fact, Robin, you might want to re-read your "Goodbye To All That No. 2" because it reads like another woman wrote it.
*an era when parts of the populace feel so disaffected by politics that a comparative lack of knowledge, experience, and skill is actually seen as attractive, when celebrity-culture mania now infects our elections so that it’s “cooler” to glow with marquee charisma than to understand the vast global complexities of power on a nuclear, wounded planet.
*Goodbye to some women pouting because she didn’t bake cookies or she did, sniping because she learned the rules and then bent or broke them. Grow the hell up. She is not running for Ms.-perfect-pure-queen-icon of the feminist movement. She’s running to be president of the United States.
Robin, are you pouting because Sarah Palin learned the rules and then bent or broke them? Do you need to grow the hell up?
(We think you at least need corner time.)
Here's Robin last week, "She’s patriotic--well, except for attending that secessionist Alaska Independent Party conference during the seven years when First Dude was a party member pulling down DWI convictions on the side." DWI convictions on the side? That's Sarah Palin's problem? Hey, remember back in January when you were decrying the women who were leery of Hillary (or openly hostile) because "she couldn't 'control' him"? Shoe's not on the other foot, Robin, it's up your ass. That must make thinking very difficult for you. And, by the way, Todd Palin's conviction is over 20 years old. As for her attending the conference, FactCheck.org notes "she attended at least one party's convention, as mayor of the town in which it was held." Yeah, Robin, she had actual responsibilities. Maybe she could have just told them to consider her "present" the way Barack voted on abortion issues in the Illinois state legislature?
And what's with the attack on Mary Matlin? Matlin's long considered herself a feminist. There's nothing "surreal" about her making that claim, nor anything new. You really need to get out more. A little sun would do wonders.
Robin declares, "Sarah Palin is to all women what Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is to African American women and men." How very right-wing of you, Robin. Any woman you disagree with is actually a man. How very 'liberated' of you.
Robin then wants to advise the media to look for John McCain making homophobic remarks. Like Barack did about the AIDs test in the televised debate? Or how about putting homophobes on stage, Robin? You do grasp just how thin the walls of your glass house are, don't you?
Robin then proves her 'maturity' (or thinks she does) by dashing off, "Do not crucify Bristol Palin for being a pregnant, unwed teen. Do note the irony that her mother opposes sex ed and funding for pregnant teens." First off, Robin, we're talking about a 17-year-old girl. If you truly feel any sympathy for her, the last thing she needed was to be included in your bad column. She certainly didn't need your ha-ha.
Guess what, Robin, feminists should grasp that a 17-year-old girl is not a trophy to be pulled for in a cultural war. Any comments about the need for sex education can be made without dragging a child into the discussion. Or do you think you're 'liberating' Bristol Palin with your garbage?
Robin received loud laughter from Ava and C.I. with this little jotting, "Do not present more all-pale-male panels shamelessly unfazed by pontificating on gender and race. Do be embarrassed that all three presidential debates are anchored by white men. Gwen Ifill, a two-fer—female and African American--landed the VP debate. She’s great. Two-fer’s not. Be ashamed. Be very ashamed. " Uh, Robin, it was PBS that presented eight male voices weighing in on women during the Republican Convention -- and, for the record, they weren't all pale faced. But calling out PBS is so very, very hard for some feminists who have sucked up to it for years always sure that someday, somehow, PBS would be there for feminism. Never happened, but hey, keep hoping. (That actually describes the relationship of some feminists to the Democratic Party as well.)
By the way, Robin, a number of feminists sit on the boards of The Nation and FAIR. Both have lousy representation of women. FAIR's CounterSpin has three hosts, two White males and what you dub a "two-fer" (Janine Jackson). In 2006, FAIR was calling out PBS for their low number of women when FAIR's own CounterSpin had a worse ratio. And of course The Nation published 149 female bylines in 2007 and 491 males. When might we expect you to work on that? (Or do you plan to join the many other name feminists egging us on to continue doing so?)
Robin had us all laughing with this one, "Do not keep humoring the tiny minority of woman-hating, lesbian-and-gay 'curing,' science-denouncing, religious-fanatic troglodytes in this country. Do not dignify them by 'equal time' 50-50 coverage when the reality is 6 (them)-94 (the rest of us)." Gee, Robin, how about we ask that candidates don't put those "lesbian-and-gay 'curing'" homophobes on stage? Of course that would require your calling out your 'sister' Barack Obama for putting homophobes on stage in South Carolina back in November as well as currently with his 'values' tour in swing-states. Again, the the walls of your glass house are very, very thin.
While you're happy to rail against 'faith-based' programs (funded by tax payers), you're unable to rail against Barack's use of homophobia. Ourselves, we've railed against both. That doesn't make us "better" than you, just smarter and more honest.
Robin, you tell so many lies and we have so damn little time.
But we must note this one because C.I. says it's a lie and actually made a call to find out:
Remember that at the Sturgis motorcycle rally, McCain mortified his wife by saying she should enter the Topless Miss Buffalo Chip contest. Remember that, responding to a comment Cindy made about his thinning hair, he guffawed, “At least I don’t plaster on makeup like a trollop, you c**t.”
Cindy McCain (who you dismiss elsewhere as a beauty queen and never mention that she's pro-choice) is suddenly a topic of concern for you? The sudden nature of your concern must explain both lies. Cindy McCain was not mortified. Like her husband, she didn't realize that it was a topless contest. As for the "c" remark? Never made. Our position all along has been, if a couple in a relationship are fine with their relationship, it's nobody's business from the outside what they do or do not do. But that remark never was made. A reporter created it and has no backup for his claim. It's also rejected by someone present. So shove that up your shoe-containing-ass and smoke it.
One more thing, Ty and Marcia are gay and want it noted that your "tired ass" refused to call out Barack's homophobia and you're now lying and calling Palin a homophobe. Palin opposes same-sex marriage, as does your ticket of Barack-Joe. Palin is not saying sexuality is "curable" and you're a damn liar for saying so. Marcia wants it noted that with 'friends' like you, the LGBT community is going to need a lot of help. (For Robin's lies regarding Hillary's campaign, see C.I.'s
"I Hate The War.")
Women's Media Center is becoming the mouthpiece of the Sour Grapes Girls. They could cover other topics but they're so damn determined to elect the bi-racial, sexist and homophobic candidate that they can't stop lying, day after damn day. It's pathetic. It's not feminism. But, hey, let's all play by the WMC rules. As such, we'll be offering our own "Goodbye To All That" (WMC style) and, if Robin and others are offended, hey, it's humor.