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My lunch with an antifeminist pundit
Kate O'Beirne, author of the new book "Women Who Make the World Worse," says most women don't want the things feminists are fighting for.
By Rebecca Traister [2006-01-17]

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    Once again, Rebecca Traister has proven that she and I do not inhabit the same planet. Why on EARTH would Salon give exposure to Kate O'Beirne without pairing her with someone who could challenge her repellent rhetoric? I can listen to one-sided O'Beirne rants on TV... I don't have to pay for the pleasure. Half of Traister's questions were the equivalent of "...But.... but! "

    I watched the same "Kate on Kate" MTP episode that Traister leads with, and --- silly me --- I thought Kate Michelman held her own quite well. In the ensuing two weeks I've thought of the discussion four or five times, each time savoring points that Michelman made that I will use in my next discussion on the topics. I thought O'Beirne came off coarse, flatulent and Coulter-esque.

    If you want a clue to the way the rest of the world perceives and responds to O'Beirne's book, check out its listing on Amazon: #75, but with 2 out of 5 stars based on 369 reviews. Read any five of them and you'll come away with more interesting responses than Traister managed.

    -- txdem
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    Monday, January 16, 2006 06:50 PM
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