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10 Mar 2008 10:29 am
Power, Clinton, Feminism
A reader writes:
I found out about Samantha Power when I was flipping through one of
my girlfriend's girl magazines (Cosmo or Glamour or some such thing),
while taking a dump at her house. She was very impressive. I wish I
could remember which mag and which month is was. Anyway...
The
great tragedy of "Monster"-gate is that a woman who betrayed the ideals
of the feminist movement exclusively for political gain secured a political victory at the
expense of a woman who only owed herself for her achievements. A
few days before International Women's Day, no less. It is absurd that
women can say, with a straight face, that they support Hillary Clinton
because "she's a strong woman". If we couldn't before, we can now and
in the future chalk this up as - exclusively - identity politics in its
purest form.
Amen. And this primary is also a decisive moment in the history of identity politics. One candidate relies on it as a crutch when necessary. The other has made every possible effort to transcend it.
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