Letters to the Editor
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Woman as Gullible Dim Wit Victim of Male Corporate Power
Nearly all of the comments here acknowledge what a hollow, elitist and lame post this is. So let me kind of sum up what others have mentioned here and assign ranking to the top four problems with this post.
1. Woman as Gullible Dim Wit. Why do you worry that Russian women are going to run out in hordes to guzzle sugared, pastel vodka? What a perversely comical scene! Imagine formerly sensible Russian women suddenly abandoning life's responsibilities to loll around enjoying the quickly disappearing contents of a fashionably slim bottle. I don't think so. Some women will buy it and drink it, yes. Some may even become Damaskaya obsessed, but to portend a "catastrophic rise in female alcoholism" due to a new lady's vodka is ridiculous! Hello hyperbole.
2. Woman as Helpless Victim. Why is a woman who drinks vodka a victim of an ad campaign whereas a man who demands his Bud is merely manly? Do they have a chip implantation program in Russian wherein women are programmed to give economic stimulus in the vice sector that I didn't know about? It is Russia, after all . . .
3. Waste of Time. This is a feminist blog? Why not write about something that matters to and for women, rather than offering condescending and persnickety proselytizing about women who drink and smoke who you obviously consider to be below you and your ivory tower of clear-headed femaleness.
4. The Blame Game. It's corporate America, its evil marketing genius, its men and the power and control they exercise over us. Screw it! Self-sufficiency now! As long as we continue to bitch and moan about our plight while avoiding the real and sometimes difficult task of actually doing something about it the more we weaken the cause to seek better lives and better opportunities for women and girls worldwide. There is so much to be done- so why are you taking up space on a popular internet destination with this drivel when you could be saying something important? Something inspiring. Something for men and women who hold the same values you purportedly hold.