After expressing my own skepticism about the “Blogswarm,” I noted with a relieved feeling of sisterhood that today Twisty posted these words:
… A thousand bloggers could write”it’s not cool to oppress women”on April 28, but sooner or later it’ll be April 29, and our little pet issue will turn into a pumpkin, and it’ll be dudely business-as-usual again on the World Wide Web.
Time for a Twisty bromide: Women’s oppression is a global humanitarian crisis. Any so-called political blogger who (a) who does not explicitly, strenuously, and regularly denounce it, and (b) condones an antifeminist commentarian zeitgeist, might as well rename their stupid blog”I Defend the Conviction that Male Abuse of Women Constitutes the Naturel Order, Now Where Are the Boobies?”
I am sorry to report that the number of functionally antifeminist liberal blogs is not insignificant. The spinster aunt finds, without even trying, that a gazillion examples are just a click away. It’s as easy as 1-2-3! Check out the Huffington Post. It’s the 8th most popular blog in the world! What’s the breaking news on the women’s oppression front today?
Bupkis!
Not that there’s no news about sexbots, i.e. the chick-related topic it’s cool to blog about. In fact, today’s HuffPo has got a groundbreaking post on Paris Hilton, who is facing jail time for drunk driving. According to astute columnist Chris Kelly, Hilton is a stupid skank with a 30-word vocabulary. Zounds! Not only is it thrilling to read such a refreshing and intellectually innovative viewpoint, it gives blog commenters the opportunity to do what so many blog commenters do best: reflect incisively on the female condition, i.e.”I hope [Hilton] has a horrible time in prison, and leaves as a woman.”…
Read the entire post here.
[NB: Twisty spelled “natural” correctly but when I do it above it crashes WordPress. I blame the patriarchy.]
–Ann Bartow
Thank you for the link to the TBTB event as well as your constructive criticism thereof. As for the prior comment that you offered regarding one of the links on my site, I will give consideration to striking it, but my brain is a little fried at the moment and I have other tasks “in queue”. I hope that any readers of the TBTB will focus not on me (am not interesting) but on the experiences of those who have contributed. Best, Bruce Godfrey
Bruce, I’m sorry if I sound ungrateful. I respect your effort.