Comments on: Is this what a feminist looks like? http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/14/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:58:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: A Real Male Feminist http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/14/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/#comment-222694 A Real Male Feminist Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:57:06 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=10798#comment-222694 Looks like feminists are subdued into "uncriticalness" as well. I cannot imagine what horrible thing Obama will have to do before anyone except for the most extreme Leftists criticizes him. It's amazing -- bell hooks criticizes everyone but to put stock in a "president" of this country? I really hope I do not become mainstream like my feminist idols have. Looks like feminists are subdued into “uncriticalness” as well. I cannot imagine what horrible thing Obama will have to do before anyone except for the most extreme Leftists criticizes him. It’s amazing — bell hooks criticizes everyone but to put stock in a “president” of this country? I really hope I do not become mainstream like my feminist idols have.

]]> By: digg » Blog Archive » My President is Black…and a Feminist http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/14/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/#comment-222475 digg » Blog Archive » My President is Black…and a Feminist Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:55:13 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=10798#comment-222475 [...] from Feministe:  Obama has reportedly self-identified as a feminist, and has the legislative record to back it up. Is he a perfect feminist, or a perfect progressive? Not by any stretch of the imagination. Is he going to disappoint us over and over? Yeah, he’s already started. But he’s still pretty damned good, especially for a mainstream, center-left politician elected to the highest office, and I don’t really see the point in kicking him out of the club just yet. [...] [...] from Feministe:  Obama has reportedly self-identified as a feminist, and has the legislative record to back it up. Is he a perfect feminist, or a perfect progressive? Not by any stretch of the imagination. Is he going to disappoint us over and over? Yeah, he’s already started. But he’s still pretty damned good, especially for a mainstream, center-left politician elected to the highest office, and I don’t really see the point in kicking him out of the club just yet. [...]

]]> By: Girl with Pen » Blog Archive » Reading Ms. http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/14/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/#comment-221775 Girl with Pen » Blog Archive » Reading Ms. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:54:08 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=10798#comment-221775 [...] And I respect the dissent.  But I stand behind my original praise of the cover.  I agree with Jill over at Feministe, who [...] [...] And I respect the dissent.  But I stand behind my original praise of the cover.  I agree with Jill over at Feministe, who [...]

]]> By: Tim O'Brien http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/14/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/#comment-221739 Tim O'Brien Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:44:08 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=10798#comment-221739 I have been interested in how this cover is interpreted by it's audience. As the artist who created the cover, I think it has done what it intended to do. All covers want to get noticed and to get people talking and take notice. I did not choose this concept but was hired to paint it. Sure it is not serious but symbolic. I liked the alternative idea that he is HIDING his feminist identification. I didn't think of that. My reading of it is that Obama will be a positive force in the White House for women in this country. Whether this comes from a man or a woman should not be an issue. Thanks for the discussion. I have been interested in how this cover is interpreted by it’s audience. As the artist who created the cover, I think it has done what it intended to do. All covers want to get noticed and to get people talking and take notice. I did not choose this concept but was hired to paint it. Sure it is not serious but symbolic. I liked the alternative idea that he is HIDING his feminist identification. I didn’t think of that. My reading of it is that Obama will be a positive force in the White House for women in this country. Whether this comes from a man or a woman should not be an issue.
Thanks for the discussion.

]]> By: lyra27 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/14/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/#comment-221492 lyra27 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:40:59 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=10798#comment-221492 Word to what Melissa McEwan said. The superhero imagery takes a nice idea (that the president is a feminist) and puts it waaaay over the top, complicating the message in the process. There were better ways to do this, IMHO. Word to what Melissa McEwan said. The superhero imagery takes a nice idea (that the president is a feminist) and puts it waaaay over the top, complicating the message in the process. There were better ways to do this, IMHO.

]]> By: Unree http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/14/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/#comment-221404 Unree Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:30:05 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=10798#comment-221404 <i>I love the feminist community, but boy, we can make hay out of anything, can’t we? Sheesh. Anyone who gets sucked into this by getting angry has been used by Ms. Magazine to get attention. Good on Ms. for the PR stunt, and ha to anyone who got sucked in.</i> Huh? Nobody should object when a storied feminist publication applies the word feminist to a man while calling him Superman? When it has never suggested that a feminist woman was some kind of heroic icon? When the man so honored has never declared (to more than two people in a top secret meeting) any desire to be known by this term? Speaking only for myself, I don't think any feminist hay was made. I didn't get sucked in and don't see a PR triumph. If I'm angry--I don't think I am, but let's just say--how does Ms. profit from my reaction? I didn't buy the magazine or even click on a website. I just think a bit less of the editors and their funders. I wish both Obama and Ms. mag well, but that cover was a mistake. I love the feminist community, but boy, we can make hay out of anything, can’t we? Sheesh. Anyone who gets sucked into this by getting angry has been used by Ms. Magazine to get attention. Good on Ms. for the PR stunt, and ha to anyone who got sucked in.

Huh? Nobody should object when a storied feminist publication applies the word feminist to a man while calling him Superman? When it has never suggested that a feminist woman was some kind of heroic icon? When the man so honored has never declared (to more than two people in a top secret meeting) any desire to be known by this term?

Speaking only for myself, I don’t think any feminist hay was made. I didn’t get sucked in and don’t see a PR triumph. If I’m angry–I don’t think I am, but let’s just say–how does Ms. profit from my reaction? I didn’t buy the magazine or even click on a website. I just think a bit less of the editors and their funders. I wish both Obama and Ms. mag well, but that cover was a mistake.

]]> By: Anne http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/14/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/#comment-221308 Anne Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:47:25 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=10798#comment-221308 Someone calling themselves a feminist does not make them a feminist. He is not a feminist. A feminist would not be pandering to the right wing the way he has been. A feminist would not have Warren at their inauguration. A feminist would have fired that disgusting speech writer. Someone calling themselves a feminist does not make them a feminist. He is not a feminist. A feminist would not be pandering to the right wing the way he has been. A feminist would not have Warren at their inauguration. A feminist would have fired that disgusting speech writer.

]]> By: Amanda Marcotte http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/14/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/#comment-221305 Amanda Marcotte Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:24:36 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=10798#comment-221305 I love the feminist community, but boy, we can make hay out of anything, can't we? Sheesh. Anyone who gets sucked into this by getting angry has been used by Ms. Magazine to get attention. Good on Ms. for the PR stunt, and ha to anyone who got sucked in. I love the feminist community, but boy, we can make hay out of anything, can’t we? Sheesh. Anyone who gets sucked into this by getting angry has been used by Ms. Magazine to get attention. Good on Ms. for the PR stunt, and ha to anyone who got sucked in.

]]> By: Chally http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/14/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/#comment-221288 Chally Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:41:25 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=10798#comment-221288 I think pretty much what Melissa McEwan thinks on the subject. I think pretty much what Melissa McEwan thinks on the subject.

]]> By: SarahMC http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/14/is-this-what-a-feminist-looks-like/#comment-221272 SarahMC Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:59:46 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=10798#comment-221272 So only two people from the Feminist Majority Foundation have allegedly heard Obama say he's a feminist, and he deserves to not only have the label thrust upon him, but superhero status? When Obama publicly identifies as a feminist I'll call him a feminist. He's doing the bare minimum required to be considered a friend-to-women, people. Don't get ahead of yourselves. So only two people from the Feminist Majority Foundation have allegedly heard Obama say he’s a feminist, and he deserves to not only have the label thrust upon him, but superhero status? When Obama publicly identifies as a feminist I’ll call him a feminist. He’s doing the bare minimum required to be considered a friend-to-women, people. Don’t get ahead of yourselves.

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