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Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:00 AM

"Feminism = Narcissism"?

Read this post only if you want to be really annoyed by Jonah Goldberg.

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Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:08 AM

Hmm, funny stand

for somebody who got his job through his mommy's influence with hyper-conservative narcissists.

But we in the Los Angeles area are getting to know Goldberg's piddly variations from his weekly appearance in the alleged newspaper, the Times, taking up space consigned to him by the obviously narcissistic new publisher.

Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:14 AM

Toward a better definition

I have always thought that being a feminist was about thinking that all women were entitled to certain rights and treatment; not that all women should have the same kind of thoughts. For example: I don't think you have to prefer working in an office to staying at home to raise kids, but I do think you should have a right to choose, and a right to the education to be able to earn enough to make it worthwhile, and a right to be treated with respect while getting that education.

Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:33 AM

Shame on Amanda at Pandagon...

...for reading Jonah Goldberg. There are a number of good conservative columnists, but none of them are named Jonah Goldberg.

Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:35 AM

Goldberg's trying to fool us about feminism

Goldberg's idea of feminism hardly exists anymore: women who spend their time challenging "bourgeois capitalism" are essentially nonexistent outside academia. Actually, his argument contains a disturbing ideological shift; he takes feminists to task for assuming all women are against "patriarchy," then counters with the unrelated info that a majority of women have doubts about abortion. Being pro-choice isn't the same as "smashing the 'socially constructed reality.'" By conflating the two, Goldberg is sneakily trying to make pro-choice people look like the most discredited fringe elements of the 70s and 80s cultural criticism wars. He wants to make activists for a very concrete issue look like vague, out-of-touch demagogues, and anybody who believes in honest debate should call him out for it.

Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:10 PM

Linked articles are different

Just a note: The article linked by Pandagon is longer than the version Broadsheet links to.

Don't know why, but you should know that the Pandagon rebuttal is of a longer article.

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