Senator Hillary Butt
The title of this post is a nod to the only other “Hillary post” I’ve written: Senator Hillary Cleavage.
That post is my response to the bonehead at the Washington Post who wrote about the deep societal meaning behind Hillary’s tits. Today’s post is inspired by the no-longer-estimable Barbara Walters, who recently had to weigh in on the size and shape of Hillary’s ass.1
It seems we just can’t resist reducing all women to T & A in this country, no matter what the circumstance.
When the gals at Jezebel called Baba Wabba on her snark, the boys at Comedy Central replied that their attitude just proves they are “vaginas.”
I think Jezebel’s response to that sums up what so many people still think about woman in general, if Hillary’s campaign is any indication:
What. The. Fuck. So, like, we’re just a bunch of talking, writing, typing, drinking, ass-kicking vaginas? We’re not even the sum of our parts, we just get to be one?
Pick one. Tits, ass, or vagina. No fair being all three.
And while I’m on the subject of rants and Hillary, I’d like to raise a toast to a post: For the Record, by Melissa McEwan at Shakesville. It expresses my sentiments exactly about the wholly depressing misogyny that characterized so much of the reaction to Hillary’s presidential bid.
[Aside: As usual, there are a fair amount of misogynist comments on McEwan’s post, but my fave is the guy who says he wants a female candidate who doesn’t “embarrass her sex.” Do people actually still think that way? People born after the Victorian era, I mean? Well, it’s a good thing male politicians are not held to that same standard - i.e., assumed to represent their entire “sex” every time they act or speak. If they were, George “Nu-cu-lar weapons” Bush would have brought a whole new level of humiliation to the men in this world.]
While I’m talking politics, here’s my for-the-record:
I like Hillary. I like Obama. I can’t decide between the two. I like some things about Hill and other things not so much. Ditto for Obama.
If I did ultimately choose Hillary, it would NOT be because she is a woman.
It is sexist to choose a man because he’s a man, and it’s sexist to choose a woman because she’s a woman. End. Of. Story. Duh.
Well, unless you’re talking about sexual partners, but then I really hope you have additional criteria for that as well.
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5 Responses to “Senator Hillary Butt”
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Yeah! What you said.
Yeah, but WHY wouldn’t you vote for Hillary because she’s a woman? Considering that we women are–by far–the most oppressed group in the world, why wouldn’t a woman want to use her vote to raise another woman up into a powerful position?
No offense, Hill, but what part of “sexist” do you not understand? For a feminist to vote for you just because you are a woman would be hypocritical, would it not? Voting is about electing the best person for the job, not the person who would best advance a gender-specific agenda.
Let me just say first, Uppity, I completely dig you. I don’t read many blogs, but I take yours with my morning milk everyday, and I find you interesting. This is the first time I’ve disagreed with you so vehemently that I felt compelled to write.
To answer your question, I understand ’sexist’ very well.
Watch this clever little 2008 sexism remix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke64670GkZ8&eurl=http://minx.cc/?post=262764
I mean, doesn’t that cut you? I don’t know how you, or any woman, can observe societal misogyny without pausing to think that it applies to you, too. I don’t know how you can’t see that putting a women in the most powerful position in the country could help alleviate that misogyny.
I’m a Republican, and I have little in common, ideologically, with HRC (other than our both being blonde, female lawyers named Hillary with bad tempers). Still, I would have died to get Hillary in the White House.
Also, I hope you take my butting heads with you a little in the good-natured spirit in which I intend it. I like a little shoving in my everyday conversation, so I hope you know I respect you and enjoy your writings.
(Of course, it was through your blog that I became hooked on ‘I Can Haz Cheeseburger,’ so I guess I should blame you for that, punk.)
Hillary, I’m glad you enjoy my blog, and I’m extra glad you’re not a troll. I’ve had my share of Hillarys and Obamas and other famous people who just happened to find my obscure little blog, so forgive me for being suspicious.
Re: the issue at hand… Of course I know that societal misogyny affects me as well as everyone else on the planet. But I disagree that putting a woman in a powerful position is guaranteed to help alleviate it. It depends on the woman - as in, what’s in her heart, not what’s between her legs.
So my answer is still the same: To choose someone for public office primarily on the basis of their gender is sexist, period, and as someone who has fought against that all my life, I would feel like a big fat hypocrite if I did it.
I too would have loved to have seen Hillary go to the White House, but not at the expense of someone more qualified - man, woman or unicorn. (Which is not to say I believe Obama IS more qualified. The jury’s still out for me on that, though that hardly matters now.)
And what’s a little head-butting between punks? I wouldn’t have a blog if I couldn’t take hearing others’ opinions. Feel free to comment any time.
(PS: Have you seen LOLXENA?)