{"id":1140,"date":"2008-09-23T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2008-09-23T17:14:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-23T22:14:00","slug":"so-not-a-woman-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2008\/09\/23\/so-not-a-woman-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"So Not a Woman Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/span>And speaking of adding 2 cents to the HuffPo forum on women and Palin (see previous post, below<\/a>), here’s Virginia Rutter chiming in already with 8 cents of her own! -GWP<\/span>
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Not<\/span> a Woman Thing<\/span><\/p>\n

By Virginia Rutter, PhD<\/span><\/p>\n

Framingham State College
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Last week I kept getting those emails, “women against Sarah Palin<\/a>.” <\/span>Though I am a woman against Sarah Palin (and McCain), I did not join. Believe me, Palin is a problem: As Deborah put it in HuffPo<\/a> today “I firmly believe that Palin is unprepared and find McCain’s choice,and logic, insulting to any Clinton supporter worth her salt.”
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Still, I didn’t sign, I didn’t forward. Why? Palin’s policies and positions are anti-feminist and anti-woman, so why shouldn’t women stand up together against her? <\/span><\/p>\n

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Here’s why. Because I believe that the “women against” gambit feeds into the identity politics of Sarah Palin that make her so damn scary. Ironically, by mounting a “women against” campaign, we make her a “woman’s candidate.” And that is what is driving us f-ing crazy. (At least one poll shows a boost in support from Republican women.)<\/a><\/span> Maybe I read too much Foucault back in the day (or perhaps have more recently seen too much Rove?), but I am telling you this looks like a tough one to handle. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Her identity politics are about “I’m a hockey mom so respect me.” “I am an authority figure, so don’t question me.” “I’m a Christian, so don’t doubt me.” “I am a woman, so don’t get feminist with me<\/i>.” On the facts, womenagainstpalin are totally right. On the politics of it, it doesn’t work. So, I am not going with womenagagainst. Instead I’m sticking with “she’s more Bush than Bush.” (Pun intended? Oh gosh, no.)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And speaking of adding 2 cents to the HuffPo forum on women and Palin (see previous post, below), here’s Virginia Rutter chiming in already with 8 cents of her own! -GWP Not a Woman Thing By Virginia Rutter, PhD Framingham State College Last week I kept getting those emails, “women against Sarah Palin.” Though I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10745],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-political-campaigns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}