Anti-Feminism Strikes Again!

Sometimes I wonder how far our country has really come. Like not at all because I was reading the Metro (the free newspaper at the T (subway) stations in Boston that you are supposed to be able to read the entire way through on your commute) and on the political page there was a section with Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama ranking them as Hot or Not. Are you kidding me? Is that why I should vote for a canidate because his wife is hot? It sickens me that this is in the news or even done at all. This is why Hilary had such a hard time with her campaign and they are doing it to Sarah Palin as well (they made a doll of her). I don't like Sarah Palin, but she still deserves to be treated with respect and dignity. What century are we living in? This then makes me wonder about the people who think that feminism in dead and we don't need it anymore. Oh we do! As long as this kind of thing is still happening we need feminism. We need people to stand up to the injustices in the world. What would Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, and Lucy Burns think of all this? I'm pretty sure they would hate it and fight against it. I will take you on society, I am not afraid. Look out world, here comes Nora!




The book this time is: The Fire this Time: Young Activists and the New Feminism (Vivien Labaton)