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My response to Hirshman's original piece (http://thumbscre.ws/2006/02/linda-hirshman-is-stupid-bitch.html) got by FAR the biggest response I've ever seen on my site. While opinions were pretty divergent about her main point, there seemed to be a pretty broad agreement that the dame could teach a graduate seminar on elitist, narcissistic, inflammatory, divisive rhetoric, not to mention note-perfect self-promotion (unlike ME, lamely self-linking and all).
Since my original posting, I've changed my tune somewhat: a friend of mine very gently, very patiently convinced me that all adults, including women, have an inherent responsibility to themselves, a duty which includes maintaining a potential for income independent of one's spouse/partner. That point, however, is eschewed by Hirshman, perhaps because it's not quite controversial enough.
