Monday, May 5, 2008

Due respect to non-elitist eunuchs


This is NOT a negative attack on the part of one of Senator Clinton's supporters:


"If she gave him one of her cojones, they'd both have two."
            --James Carville (Newsweek article, 5/2/08)


In fact, James Carville is speaking waaaaaaaaaaay too complimentary of Senator Obama.


Sure, condoning this kind of hypermasculine posturing is just buying into the patriarchy. And it does veer close to stooping to the level of negative personal attacks. And yes, I have been/would be/shall be offended at all of the attacks questioning Senator Clinton's identity, femininity, body, or personal qualities. But you know what? Fuck it. I'll do my feminist penance and say 10 Hail Andrea Dworkin's on November 5. And with President Clinton's swearing in in January it will be that much easier to dismantle the white supremacist capitalist heterosexist patriarchy. James Carville is just reminding us that one shouldn't try to send a boy into to do a woman's job. BAM!



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