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Yeah, it's about time. It's about time that stories concerning women got as much airtime and as many column inches as stories about men. But about time that these stories get relegated to some ghetto with an adorable moniker, the hipster equivalent of the Women's Page? Only if the time in question is circa about 1964. The advent of "Broadsheet" is indicative of such a profound -- and deeply tacky -- misunderstanding of both feminism and the Left in general that the mind just boggles.
Hey, cool idea: Any stories about Jews, let's stick'em in a section called, oh, I dunno...Kike Korner. It could be illustrated by, you know, an amusing cartoon of people with hooked noses. Then there's Homo Home, and the Spade Patrol and Tell All the Truth But Tell It Slant (Eyed). That way, the normal folks -- that would be straight, gentile, white men -- won't have to spend any time slogging through stories about regressive legislation, offensive marketing campaigns, healthcare initiatives, or anything else that, obviously, is of no concern to them.
