tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078840411619735210.post7803020114511551320..comments2016-01-14T21:51:45.918-08:00Comments on Something Out of Nothing: Sarah Palin: Feminist?Krista Bensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997208357081091348noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078840411619735210.post-52967678019662174132010-06-08T02:05:30.772-07:002010-06-08T02:05:30.772-07:00also: I MISS YOUR BRAINalso: I MISS YOUR BRAINCephalopodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07194186301221958914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078840411619735210.post-38714311619690922782010-06-08T02:03:42.346-07:002010-06-08T02:03:42.346-07:00(It's breeeeee)
First of all ZOMGHAI! <3
...(It's breeeeee)<br /><br />First of all ZOMGHAI! <3<br /><br />I love where you're coming from with this post. I do think, though, that Sarah Palin is not a feminist. This isn't due to beliefs that she may hold that are counterintuitive to feminism or problematic or even bigoted. As you say, I can't think of a single feminist, including myself, that doesn't hold problematic or contradictory beliefs and opinions. <br /><br />The reason I don't think she's a feminist isn't because of what she does believe, but rather because of what she <i>doesn't.</i> I cannot think of a single piece of feminist theory or ideology--casual or ivory tower--that she purports to hold. Even the notion of women working outside of the home is not something she thinks Other Women should do, but rather something she gets to do as a special exception because God happens to like her more. <br /><br />Even when you get down to the very minimum foundation of necessitates feminism as an organized system of thought, she fails. Just the notion of "women don't deserve to be hurt" with no more complexity than that, and she really can't agree. She's co-opting the word because that's a long standing strategy of the right. <br /><br />Saying she isn't a feminist because she has some fucked up beliefs ignores the history (and nowstory, really) of fucked-up-belief-ness in feminism. That's a reality we need to deal with, and I love your post for that.<br /><br />But saying she <i>is</i> a feminist simply because she identifies as one as RMJ did ignores the reality that people like to steal other people's identities. I am not a Buddhist simply because I decide one day to identify as one, even if I hold much of their philosophy to be valuable. I'm <i>certainly</i> not a Buddhist if I hold <i><b>no</b></i> Buddhist values, beliefs, or philosophical structure as my own. The only reason I would even have a desire to wear such a label when I have not one thing in common with every other member of that group is because I have an agenda--likely a malicious one. <br /><br />She wants to twist the meaning of the word. I think it's important not to let her while still recognizing everything you talked about regarding what parts of her we can see in us that we should take a closer look at.Cephalopodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07194186301221958914noreply@blogger.com