WARNING: SERIOUS SWEAR WORDS AHEAD.. not for the kiddies!
So by now I'm going to assume you get that I pretty much despise Ann Coulter. Alot of people do, it's really not that hard to dislike someone who's so desperately invested in the politics of hate. (see previous blog...) I also identify myself as a feminist, which means that while I hate Coulter's supposed "politics" I also acknowledge that fact that she's most likely had to morph herself into the thin, whining shell of self she's become as a vehical to make it in a male dominated space. Sort of pathetic, but I get it. But what REALLY pisses me off is when women attack each other not based on any sort of intellectual sparring, but rather on the same exact misogynist bullshit that we've been trying to (openly) erradicate since 2nd wave feminism. I was reading The Raw Story online when I came across the article referenced in the title of this post. Here's a snippet:
"Meghan McCain's recent criticisms of Ann Coulter as "offensive" and "radical" haven't made her any friends among other female conservative pundits who have by turns criticized her weight and her lack of "fixed ideological principles."
Laura Ingraham mocked McCain's weight and called her "just another valley girl gone awry" on her radio show. Pretending to be McCain, Ingraham said in a faux valley girl voice "Ok, I was really hoping that I was going to get that role in the Real World, but then I realized that, well, they don’t like plus-sized models. They only like the women who look a certain way."
WTF IS THAT? Are you kidding me?? First of all, who the f* is Laura Ingraham anyway? And did she forget that she has a fucking vagina?? Hello you stupid, stupid trite(yes trite, not tight)ass bitch! Here we have a young woman putting herself out there in a very honest and authentic way, making a genuine attempt at intelligent political discourse that serves for ONCE not to alienate young Republicans... and the response is not a thoughtful evaluation of her her ideology but rather a tacit evaluation of her dress size? Again, I say, are you f*ing kidding me??? And the faux valley girl voice about made my head explode. Let's just take a step back and deconstruct the underlying message here. No wait, let's let Mehgan do it for us:
" The question remains: Why, after all this time and all the progress feminists have made, is weight still such an issue? And in Laura’s case, why in the world would a woman raise it? Today, taking shots at a woman’s weight has become one of the last frontiers in socially accepted prejudice."
I rest my case.
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