Archive for October 2007
Newsweek, You Try So Hard (Old Blog)
Newsweek, oh Newsweek, you try so hard. The country seems to be taking a swing to the left, and you, dearest Newsweek, are, and always have been, so…accomodating. Acknowledging the emancipation of womankind from the long shadow of male prowess and achievement seemed right up your new alley: you had the best intentions.
Look at Miss Huffington, beautiful and smart in a little woman suit, her sharp elbows sticking out of your considerable margins . Next to her, Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta: beflowered, arms wide open, her legs looking like something straight from Walter Reed hospital. To the right of them, towering: Rachel Ray, America’s favourite housewife. The queen of breadcrumb batters, shakes and bakes, baseball breakfasts, candy apples and cherry tarts; womankinds finest moment, and she outshines them all.
This is feminism’s equivalent of Marion Barry heading the Million Man March. Rachel Ray: ballpark feminsm, with a strong swig of trailer park cola. Turkeys and titties, silent protest. American Women: Eat your little hearts out. Newsweek, step your liberal game up!
