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	<title>The Fem Spot &#187; Barack Obama</title>
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		<title>Dear Hillary&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do some men hate women, in the U.S. and abroad? Why do they want to beat us into submission? Why do they want to kill us in heinous ways? Why don't they want us to be happy with powerful, singular identities and exciting, fulfilling sex lives? Why won't they let us take control of our reproductive rights without at fight? Why won't they let us be mothers and lovers at the same time, sinners and saints simultaneously?

There exists a pervasive hatred and fear of women in our American culture. Whether movies, television, art and literature reflect or cause this fear escapes my understanding. But it all culminates at a rigid point: collectively, we believe women are one thing or the other, limited by our sex to be either good or bad. The "good" women are loving mothers, faithful wives, compliant sexual partners and obliging victims. The "bad" women reject their obligations to the "good" tasks, opting for personal pleasure. In other words, "good" women sacrifice themselves for this goodness, while "bad" women sacrifice nothing. As an unnamed Hollywood executive said of Ms. Swank, "Her look and demeanor are not soft, so it's hard to see her as vulnerable or as a love object."

Ergo, this Hilary like another Hillary we know, does not fall cleanly into either the "good" or "bad" categories, and is therefore a "difficulty."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefemspot.com&amp;blog=3742533&amp;post=1069&amp;subd=femspotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The New York Times lament</title>
		<link>http://thefemspot.com/2009/08/26/the-new-york-times-lament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still, I'm glad that somebody is getting angry about this. There are those haters out there who jumped all over Secretary of State Clinton a few weeks ago after she flew off the handle in the Congo when asked by a male student what Mr. Clinton thinks, "through the mouth of Mrs. Clinton," about the World Bank tampering with Chinese contracts. The incident was met with eye-rolling from CNN "news" correspondents and a heap of criticism from columnists and comedian's alike. But as this Times news blog points out, Clinton may have gotten a raw deal. She was, after all, standing up for herself and her position at the top, one she's worked toward for many years.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefemspot.com&amp;blog=3742533&amp;post=910&amp;subd=femspotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton supporters: stupid, or just plain emotional?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin. Who is that? I didn't know her from Eve, but suddenly her name sounded really powerful. Maybe she would prove Steinem wrong and pass an historical landmark before a black man had become either president or vice president. Sarah Palin. How bad could she be?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefemspot.com&amp;blog=3742533&amp;post=163&amp;subd=femspotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke, mirrors&#8230;and texts</title>
		<link>http://thefemspot.com/2008/08/29/smoke-mirrorsand-texts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The real question now is whether or not angry Clinton supporters, like me and my text-happy hubby, will take the bait. Will we fall hook, line and sinker for McCain's choice of a former commercial fishing company owner?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefemspot.com&amp;blog=3742533&amp;post=149&amp;subd=femspotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That girl runs like a boy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now we turn from politics in sports back to the Democratic politics of the moment. It’s almost time to have a vote in the final five remaining states – or 10 percent – between frontrunner Barack Obama and prematurely eulogized Hillary Clinton. The finish line is close but the race is not over.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefemspot.com&amp;blog=3742533&amp;post=4&amp;subd=femspotter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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