Friday, January 16, 2009 - Posts
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This entire Obama-as-Superman debate is such an embarrassment. As if feminism didn't have a lousy enough reputation already. Amy Siskind sure isn't helping the cause, whining about Ms. putting Obama on the cover of its special inaugural issue in a T-shirt that reads: "THIS IS WHAT A FEMINIST LOOKS LIKE." Rather than, God forbid, be inspired or, heaven forbid, amused, Siskind snips: "The problem with the cover is it's a man standing in a Superman pose. And, thank you, but the women of this country can stand up for themselves." This is what gets feminist knickers in a twist these days? The cover of Ms.? Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Feminism lies like a beached octopus, tentacles thrashing in all directions, looking for anything upon which it may find purchase, desperately seeking to be relevant again. Naomi Wolf hits the nail on the head: "I can't get over the silliness of this objection." Maybe what feminism really needs is a sense of humor.
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If Bill "the First Black President" Clinton was the segue to our first actual black president, maybe Barack "This Is What Feminism Looks Like" Obama will make way for our first female one? That'd be super!
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I was enjoying lunch at my warm desk when I noticed the following subject line pop up in my gmail from Bliss Spa: "Say 'farewell' to bush with waxing discounts!" I don't know what bugged me more, the flagrant abuse of quotation marks (am I supposed to be talking to my pubic hair now?) or the completely debased beauty marketers who are trying to capitalize on the end of a disastrous presidency. My snap judgment upon seeing the ad was "ew" but then it was followed by a distinctly Pollyannaish annoyance that Bliss is being really flippant in the dumbest way possible about a truly historic inauguration. Maybe it just irked me so much because I saw the ad while eating.
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