Comments on: Vagina Dentata to address DNC tonight!

By: A thrilling apotheosis of the multi-millennia struggle against douchehounds : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:59:17 +0000

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By: Why must women’s colleges exist? A personal reflection : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:01:14 +0000

[...] jump on any hard thing they can find, because everyone knows why they’re there. (I’ve written about this before with respect to the World’s Most Famous Wellesley Graduat…, and the odd sexual fantasies about her that have filled the national media for twenty years [...]

By: Historiann

Historiann — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:23:52 +0000

Hey Candy Man–nice to hear from you. I love that song, “Hakuna Matata!” (Why didn’t I think of the possibilities myself??)

She did a great job, and so did Bill tonight. Reports of their political deaths have been greatly exaggerated. That’s the amazing thing about the Clintons: opposition and even dirty tricks only make them stronger. And you know they’ll be back!

By: Candy Man

Candy Man — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:09:49 +0000

One of my favorite professors in college encouraged us to remember the term “vagina dentata” with that song from “The Lion King,” “Hakuna Matata.” It makes for a pretty nifty tune.

What a speech, though, eh? I’m still on an HRC high.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:42:08 +0000

Delilah–you’re right. But, how has it all worked out for the right wing? Did they vanquish the Clintons and extirpate them from the face of the earth? No? In fact, Bill Clinton is probably the most popular living ex-president, and HRC isn’t going anywhere. She will remain a force to be reckoned with, and may yet run again for president.

Too bad Dems didn’t think of that before they rolled out the same lies and demonology.

By: Delilah

Delilah — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:01:14 +0000

The rightwing hated Hillary long before they even got to know her husband.

She was targeted for extinction when she sat at the Watergate Hearings legal table… across the room from my husband’s great uncle, Senator Sam.

What’s sad is that Dems are using the same bogus rightwing smears against her today that they dreamed up back in 1992.

Truly heavy sigh.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:24:28 +0000

She sure knows how to give a good speech, too. And with a nice shout-out to Broncos colors, with her orange pantsuit against the blue DNC backdrop!

By: PZ

PZ — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:21:28 +0000

Rad readr, that is because to be elitist you have to actually know stuff. That’s the big anti-American crime.
And that’s why people have always freaked out about HRC, or so I theorize.

By: Rad readr

Rad readr — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:23:28 +0000

Well, her surge as a kind of heroine for the working class shows how off they were when they portrayed her as an elitist during the Clinton years. The right wing now calls anyone who attends an Ivy League elitist — but only when they, ala the Clintons/Obamas, get in with their grades. When C students get in with money/legacy connections, they are not elitist.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:07:31 +0000

Heh–I considered posting a picture of the title, but they were all way too creepy. Just go to image.google.com and type in the first two words in my headline to see what I mean.

Anyway, glad you two liked the post. Misogyny is just sooooo boring and second-wave and not hopey-changey, isn’t it? Good thing that no woman in her teens or twenties will ever have to deal with THAT again!