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Coupla things: I don’t think feminist equals militant man hating bra burner. I will always consider myself a feminist, but my definition of feminism (which I do think is the basic idea) is that women are not inferior to men on the basis of their gender. And really, anyone whose knuckles aren’t dragging on the ground should think that.

Which brings me to…the Montag video! The whole Hills shit is kind of beyond me and yet I am semi-fascinated. I don’t care if they had zero budget. They could have Third World kind of debt and it still wouldn’t excuse that shit. It kind of blows my mind, because I think, did Heidi and Spencer really think that was any good? Did she really think her fake tatas would distract me from her horrible dancing/singing? Is this really some sort of brilliant scheme that they’re going to make work in their favor?

And then I remember that they’re morons.

Posted by Tanya on 19 February 2008 @ 9pm

I cannot watch that Heidi Montag video! The clips I’ve seen on TV are already far too much!

Posted by Melisser on 19 February 2008 @ 10pm

It’s not necessary to agree with every opinion espoused on one radical feminist’s blog to be a feminist.

However, I don’t think Jezebel is especially feminist. It’s too locked into the patriarchal paradigm to truly criticize it, and so it rings false to me. If the tabloids and the ladies’ mags are so stupid, why pay them any attention? Why not boycott, and discuss something else entirely? But there you go; its message is mainstream and easily digestible, and doesn’t require its readers to reflect or reexamine any of their beliefs; it’s femiladyism and it’s soooo great!

Regarding Twisty’s blog, what do you think about the idea that consent isn’t implicit, so that in a rape case the important question isn’t “when did the victim say no,” but “did you, the victim, say yes?” I don’t think that’s radical at all.

If being a feminist required “hating men,” and believing that they were all (potential) rapists, and that heterosexual sex was rape, no straight woman could be a feminist. I refuse to think those are the only conclusions you arrived at after reading I Blame the Patriarchy.

Either way, it makes me really happy that you read it. Really really super-duper happy.

Posted by meave on 20 February 2008 @ 12pm

@meave - i don’t necessarily agree with a lot of what twisty and the fellow blamers say, but it’s one of the few blogs that’s really made me THINK and re-examine my beliefs. it’s totally on my RSS reader.

i also completely agree about jezebel and how they are so indulgent in talking about celebs & fashion & that kind of thing, but i think that’s kind of the point, no? some of us want to read that stuff and we want to read it in a way we can relate to, ie, “without airbrushing”.

@Melisser - WATCH the heidi montag video. srsly, watch it.

@tanya - even funnier is a video of heidi singing the song at her birthday party at LAX. she really thinks she’s the next pop icon. ugh. they are such idiots.

Posted by mariamargarita on 21 February 2008 @ 8pm

I actually do think that all straight men have the ABILITY to become rapists under specific duress/peer pressure/stress/etc. I don’t know. I am reading and loving that blog but we all know I’m more of a lesbian feminist than most lesbian feminists and I probably hate men as much as a person who desperately wants to be loved by one can. Ugh nothing else to say here except thank you so much for that heidi montag video.

Posted by laura on 22 February 2008 @ 11am