/rant ON
I think it's safe to say that most of you know me as a moderately funny, sometimes crazy, and often sexually open woman on dKos. I do not have a 2 x 4 stuck up my ass, or at least not on a regular basis. I know that The Great Orange Satan sometimes is overridden with testosterone, and I'm mostly OK with that.
But you have got to be freaking kidding me if you think that the recent sexist behavior I've observed on this liberal blog is somehow OK. Some of you guys need a serious goddamned wake-up call: you are talking to and about women the same way Republicans do!
What.the.fuck.
Now, it's no secret that this website has something of a bloody history regarding sexism. There is definitely a "frat boy" mentality here much of the time, and I'm not the first girl to note it, nor will I be the last.
But ya gotta draw the line somewhere. And within the past week or so (since Sarah Palin's ZOMG! resignation), I have noticed the overall denigration of Palin's physical appearance. This was followed by Ann Coulter writing a super stupid article trying to defend Palin which, in turn, lead to the overall denigration of Ann Coulter's physical appearance.
I really dislike these two women (Ann moreso than Sarah), so I am rather pissed that blatant and antiquated sexism is making me defend them.
I mean, c'mon people, really? REALLY?!:
Right Wing hag and industrial strength appetite suppressant Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter is an anorexic ass
Coulter: sex on a stick. And not good sex at that.
Is her age more than her weight I wonder?
(Photo of the Crypt Keeper)
(Video of a scantily clad Greek weather "journalist")
I'm fairly certain that Ann Coulter is the product of a hate fuck
No you have got it all wrong. looking straight at Coulter turns you to stone. You have to use the super shiny inside of your shield to look at her reflection so she doesn't get you. Also the snakes for hair...just creepy!
(Obviously Photoshopped picture of Rachael Ray half-naked)
Ann Coulter = disgusting anorexic hag. Sarah Palin = disgusting, witch-looking yeast monster.
(Picture of cleavage-baring Scarlett Johanssen)
Coulter's just spouting off because she's jealous. Some desperate Republicans have tried to make a sex goddess of Ann, even though she looks like - as they say in Scotland - "a feckin' hoor's ghoost!" She's been getting a lot of mileage out of that blonde hair of hers, but the face is wearing badly. Her eyes are starting to drift out of equilibrium, like a flounder, and she's getting a serious "mummified" look goin'. Seriously, if I came home and found Ann in my bed, it wouldn't be a turn on. I'd be making a call to Father Merin to bless the house and drive out the cadaverous evil spirit.
And that is all she has going for her physically. Her face looks like a man in drag. And that I am afraid is being kind.
Long stems, but about as sexy as a pair of coffee stirrers. Of course, if you're into arthropods...
Coulter is a man; Adams apple.Pailin's cross eyed
All of that was from exactly ONE diary and comment thread. Uno. My question to all of the people who uttered those hideous phrases, or to all the people who recommended them, is this:
What the FUCKING HELL do you expect me to tell my 9-year-old daughter when she's 16 and suddenly has body image issues? "Sorry, just ignore them!"? ??? Don't you people have mothers, sisters, daughters, or female friends? Have you not seen the most recent cover of Elle, with an adolescent Miley Cyrus sexed-up in a push-up bra? The vocabulary uttered and photographs taken are available everywhere for women and young girls and, believe you me, we get the frickin' message. "You are never enough. You must look exactly like this, or no one will find you sexy or attractive, and you'll never marry and have children. You will die alone, surrounded only by 18 cats and lots of knitting needles."
If Ann Coulter is anorexic, I would just like to publically state that the verbiage portrayed in the above-quoted diary would be exactly the reason that she became anorexic in the first place. I am absolutely not exaggerating. Almost every woman I know can vouch for the pressure placed on women and young girls to look pretty and perfect.
Newsflash, yo! Women do not exist just to please men.
Jesus Christ, y'all! This is not how we treat women! This is not how we treat girls! I should not have to tell you this, at all. Ann Coulter and Sarah Palin have given us plenty of fodder with which to chew on. There is so very much about them to make fun of here, it ain't even funny! So there is absolutely NO reason for you to slam Ann Coulter's trim figure or Sarah Palin's make-up.
I quote UndercoverRxer: "Nothing to do with looks for me. It's the evil mind-numbingly hideous aura that projects through both of them."
Word. Now knock this bullshit off. Please.
/rant OFF
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UPDATE! LOL, you guys never cease to amaze me. I go away for a bit to take a shower, figuring this will roll right off the Recent List. I come back, and it's on the Rec List!
Ah, well. At least you keep me on my toes. :)