Posted by anthrogirl on 2006-02-08 22:19:06
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By the way- I do think Betty Friedan and Andrea Dworkin matter. I've spoken my feelings about them on other threads. But I do not necessarily see them as having been good for everyone, or even most women, perhaps because my leftist pro-sex queer politics make them seem different to me than they might to others. However, Mrs. King brought most people together, and where she did not appear was as telling as where she did. While her politics might not have made big splashes, I think they created a great deal of positive change in the world- and I think it's important to not just look at what a person means to us, but the effect that they had and have on others. I find it telling and a bit sad that feminists are not publically talking about what they owe people like Martin and Coretta Scott King, who probably had a more lasting effect on feminism than many mainstream and radical feminists, by dint of supporting all people who want good in the world regardless of class or sex. I am actually curious as to why this is, and why the color line still seems to be very much there in mainstream feminism. Overcoming that color line, which I think can be done, will be where the future of feminism lies. The question is, how to do it?
Posted by xuli on 2004-07-23 15:42:53
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Wow, Soapandwater, that was interesting. Two of my favorite things:
1) The way the writers of that email emphasize what Teresa Heinz Kerry has done with "John Heinz's money." Um, whose? Actually it's *her* money; he left it to her. But then again, I'm one of those ultra-radical feminists who believe that women have a right to own property in their own names.
2) The fact that by supporting the Tides Foundation she automatically supports stuff like Saddam Hussein and Hamas. Using that logic, anyone who supports the ACLU could be painted as a KKK aficionado, given that the ACLU took on a famous case wherein they supported the idea that free speech includes Klan rallies.
3) Oh wait, no here's a third thing I liked: That part about her being unfit to rest her head near the President's at night. WTF?
