Monday, November 16, 2009 - Posts
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Emily, Hanna, Jess, Rachael, if Sarah Palin were Sam Palin, would
anyone still be interested in her? Dan Quayle was a good-looking,
young, conservative, politician who, in his roll-out as a
vice-presidential candidate, impressed everyone as being a dope who was
in over his head. After his vice presidency, he blessedly slipped from
public life. Palin has shown that she doesn't think a mastery of—or
even much of a familiarity with—the issues of the day is a requirement
for highest office. I hope her political future will be Quayle-like
oblivion ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX).
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After some deliberation, we have decided to fold DoubleX back into Slate.
The site will now become its own section, with our XX Factor blog,
articles, and special projects already in the works. Our aim is to
create a more intimate version of the community we have built, with
many of the same voices and passions ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX).
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A post from DoubleX writer Amanda Marcotte:
If you're interested in reading a refreshing burst of honesty today, you could do worse than Aaron Traister's piece
about the different reactions he received from people when he told them
he was expecting a son and when he told them, a couple years later,
that he was expecting a daughter. Americans tend to think we're above
the prejudices that drive people in China and India to use
sex-selective abortion, but as Traister's piece shows, we're far from
the angels we'd like to pretend we are. ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX).
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Emily, I think Palin means this as one of her folksy nuggets of wisdom,
and you are supposed to chuckle as you imagine her mediating toddler
disputes over frozen moose pops. And of course it's not that. But you
have to admit that this is a thoroughly radical and maybe even weirdly
feminist notion, particularly coming from a conservative woman. ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX).
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I would really like to drive a stake in the heart of the argument,
repeated once again by Sarah Palin in her book, that “there’s no better
training ground for politics than motherhood." At first glance, it’s
oh-so unobjectionable. But in Palin's hands, the demands of motherhood
aren’t a form of preparation that complements other kinds, like
learning about the rest of the globe before you run for vice-president.
Nope, the motherhood version of the can-do ethic makes it OK to have a
know-nothing ethic as well. Hell, if you've got enough mommy moxie you
can celebrate your lack of intellectual know-how. And you can spit on
feminism every step of the way. ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX).
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