Comments on: Dear Hillary…

By: femspotter

femspotter — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:06:47 +0000

Here’s an update:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/01/california.gang.rape/index.html

Surprise, surprise! All of the young men entered “not guilty” pleas.

By: femspotter

femspotter — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:59:23 +0000

Thanks, Fae! That’s why I wrote to Hillary and not someone else, like a Calif. Congresswoman, for instance. I think that while she is acting globally as the SofS…she needs to think on how America is still a hateful place for women sometimes. Not all the time…but sometimes!

And I hope you’re right about the punishment. The story is still not as public as I would like. CNN is covering it, but others are not as interested it seems. I am thinking of The New York Times. Though, someone told me yesterday that if I were offered a job at the Times (every journalist’s dream), I wouldn’t take it. I didn’t probe but I think she was implying that it’s a boy’s club over there…just like at the White House! ;)

By: faemom

faemom — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:55:19 +0000

A strong and beautfully written letter.
I’m big on thinking globally, acting locally. Many states have very weak laws protecting victims, any many cases women. We need to work to make those laws stronger. I think every girl needs to be taught basic self defense, instead of dance or gymnastics in gym. I think it is really past time to push to make Roe vs Wade an actual law instead of a ruling that can be challenged again and again. We have to vote, especially when they present us the same damn pathetic laws like parent consent for abortions or Plan B pills only given when the pharmacist wants to. We have a lot of work to do. And fem, trust me, the DA are going to do everything they can to bring those men to justice.

By: femspotter

femspotter — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:11:09 +0000

Thank you. I suffer from high expectations and make a point of suppressing them; so, while I would hope she would read it or at least receive a summary of it from an aid, I know that she is far busier than I and will probably never know of its existence. The important thing is to have written it, for me and for anybody who reads it. I think what we – as feminist bloggers – do is very important. Just because politicians/academia/Hollywood is letting us down, doesn’t mean we don’t keep the good fight alive right here on the Web by exercising our right to free speech.

Go us!

By: factcheckme

factcheckme — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:21:01 +0000

yeah, i think barack needs someone to tell him that he is royally fucking up in the gender-sensitvity department. maybe he thinks hes done his pennance by marrying and having only daughters, then succumbing to his wife’s demands that HER MOTHER move in with them, on the taxpayers dime? heh. not even close, buddy. you should see the shit women have to deal with! thats nothing!

i often criticize first-world feminists for not caring enough about international womens issues, and hillary has proven that she DOES care about women around the world, and what they go through to even get basic (OB/GYN) medical care. but then it seems that sometimes, women who have the kind of exposure that hillary has, aka. mainstream politicians with real power (as opposed to us relatively powerless internet-fems playing on our blogs) dont pay attention to the suffering right here in this country, due to misogyny and gendered violence. so, it was a good idea to write to her. i like the build-up in your writing style too, like you were willing to give american men the benefit of the doubt….until you just couldnt anymore. i think just about anyone would agree with you, when you present it like that.

do you think she will write you back?