According to today's cover story on www.womensenews.org, single women are coming out to vote in higher numbers, and could be the group to tip the scale in November.
Hear that, candidates?
Good news for me, and for most of the women reading this blog, for that matter. The article doesn't really mention why single women are voting more than before, but it still gives me hope and makes me feel like our votes could actually count. It does mention dissatisfaction, but I'm curious as to what we single ladies as a group are actually collectively dissatisfied about. Any ideas/thoughts/dissatisfactions?
Regardless of your own personal reasons, get your asses out there and vote!!
Read the article here: http://womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3458/context/cover/
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
making history
An interesting article from alternet.org on Obama and Clinton's somewhat historic campaigns.
http://alternet.org/election08/73436/
What do you guys thing about supporting a candidate based on their race/gender/religion/ethnicity/etc? The author of the article makes some interesting points, check it out.
P.S. He mentions Shirley Chisholm, who was actually a really awesome woman--She was the first black female candidate for president back in the 70s. (but she unfortunately didn't get the nomination) If you don't know much about her campaign, check her out, there are a couple of really good documentaries out there on her.
http://alternet.org/election08/73436/
What do you guys thing about supporting a candidate based on their race/gender/religion/ethnicity/etc? The author of the article makes some interesting points, check it out.
P.S. He mentions Shirley Chisholm, who was actually a really awesome woman--She was the first black female candidate for president back in the 70s. (but she unfortunately didn't get the nomination) If you don't know much about her campaign, check her out, there are a couple of really good documentaries out there on her.
the other "A" word
I went to see the movie Juno last night. I liked it, it was a feel-good kind of movie and it kept both my boyfriend and I laughing a lot, but parts of it kind of unsettled me.
I got excited because the movie used the "a-word," abortion, which happens soooo rarely in the movies, but then I was quickly disappointed. When the 16-year-old main character Juno finds out she's pregnant, she decides to "nip it in the butt," as she says, and go to an abortion clinic.
But something creeped me out about this... The filmmakers present her as extremely nonchalant about the entire situation, as if abortion is a very light decision for anyone, and it is not until a classmate protesting outside of the clinic tells her that her baby already has fingernails that she runs out of the clinic, while the classmate tells her that Jesus thanks her for her decision.
Huh?
I started feeling like I was watching a commercial for The Knights of Columbus or Pro-Life America. Juno decides to go through with her pregnancy and put her baby up for adoption. There was a feeling throughout the whole movie of abortion being the "bad" choice, or the easy way out, and keeping the baby being the "right" choice.. It sort of reminded me of the whole Jamie Lynn Spears fiasco where everyone praised her for doing the "right" thing. Hollywood and the media seem to omit the fact that Spears is a millionaire who has lots of family support, whereas most young women who get abortions don't have that kind of security. I'm just sort of sick of Hollywood telling us what the "right" thing to do is... I won't even touch on the fact that most mainstream movies are written and directed and produced by men, who will never have to make that kind of decision, or possibly know how it feels.
Knocked Up is another great example of Hollywood being way too afraid to touch the A-Word with a ten foot pole. Probably the most unrealistic pregnancy movie of all time.
I feel like I'm doing a lot of ranting today, I'll try to come up with a happy post.
I got excited because the movie used the "a-word," abortion, which happens soooo rarely in the movies, but then I was quickly disappointed. When the 16-year-old main character Juno finds out she's pregnant, she decides to "nip it in the butt," as she says, and go to an abortion clinic.
But something creeped me out about this... The filmmakers present her as extremely nonchalant about the entire situation, as if abortion is a very light decision for anyone, and it is not until a classmate protesting outside of the clinic tells her that her baby already has fingernails that she runs out of the clinic, while the classmate tells her that Jesus thanks her for her decision.
Huh?
I started feeling like I was watching a commercial for The Knights of Columbus or Pro-Life America. Juno decides to go through with her pregnancy and put her baby up for adoption. There was a feeling throughout the whole movie of abortion being the "bad" choice, or the easy way out, and keeping the baby being the "right" choice.. It sort of reminded me of the whole Jamie Lynn Spears fiasco where everyone praised her for doing the "right" thing. Hollywood and the media seem to omit the fact that Spears is a millionaire who has lots of family support, whereas most young women who get abortions don't have that kind of security. I'm just sort of sick of Hollywood telling us what the "right" thing to do is... I won't even touch on the fact that most mainstream movies are written and directed and produced by men, who will never have to make that kind of decision, or possibly know how it feels.
Knocked Up is another great example of Hollywood being way too afraid to touch the A-Word with a ten foot pole. Probably the most unrealistic pregnancy movie of all time.
I feel like I'm doing a lot of ranting today, I'll try to come up with a happy post.
i love the smell of sexism in the morning
I'm starting to get mighty tired of all of the Clinton bashing that's been going on. I logged onto http://www.facebook.com/ to find a new "sticker" icon that had been added to the profiles of multiple people on my "friends" list... It has a picture of Hillary Clinton's face, surrounded by the words, "Even Bill Doesn't Want Me."
How original! Hitting right where I'm sure it hurts her most! It's so obvious, I'm sure nobody has used it before! HAHA your husband cheated on you and we know! HAHA nobody wants you! Not even your husband wants to have sex with you, which is the ultimate sign of how good of a woman you are! If people don't want to have sex with you, then what are you worth?! Nothing!
Wow people. So daring and original it hurts.
Only maybe you should go look in New Hampshire. I'm pretty sure I heard something about people wanting her there.
Everywhere I look there are new accusations being thrown at her, based on her appearance and personality, rather than on her policies or promises or campaign. None of the other candidates, Democrats or Republicans, are scrutinized in this way. Clinton is "inhuman" and "robotic" until "Teargate 08" hits and then she's too woman-y and weak to be a leader. No middle ground. Just lovely.
I'm soooooo sick of all the Clinton bashing. No other candidate has to deal with what she does. I don't even really support her, but I don't approve of attacking Clinton in these ridiculously sexist ways. Attack her policies if you don't like what she stands for, but seriously, back off of the woman jokes. It's blatantly obvious that most of these people know nothing about politics.
It you're a man and you support this sexist crap, then you're nothing more than a pathetic, ages-old, and practically expected stereotype, and I hope you can live with yourself for not rising above that. If you're a woman, and you support these kinds of sexist jokes and products bashing her, you're a piss-poor example of what a woman should be. The women who fought for your rights would be ashamed. Thanks for your continual attempts to set us back.
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