Comments on: A Woman’s Place Is. . .

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:38:17 +0000

Hey Historiann–

Your story reminds me that I’ve been thinking of writing a blog on the lowly canvas tote bag: sounds like you had a cool one back in the day! (The first one I remember came from Channel 30, in Toledo (not far from Sylvania!), and in my family, all such bags are still known as “Channel 30 bags.”)

And Indyanna, etymologically speaking, of course, lieutenants ought to be the ones who remain in [their] place: generals, one would suspect, should be all over the place.

Now, back to my place of work.

By: Feminist Avatar

Feminist Avatar — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:32:05 +0000

Lovely response by her tho’.

I remember as a child, when Maggie Thatcher was PM, and being so proud to have female Prime Minister- and then I grew up and discovered what she stood for! Sigh.

By: Barb

Barb — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:07:05 +0000

Did you watch Jon Stewart tonight and see the clip of Pelosi trying her damnedest to get out from under the paternalistic hand on her shoulder the (male, of course) pol with her at a press conference on Afghanistan? Anyone who wants to learn grace under pressure should watch her!

By: quixote

quixote — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:56:09 +0000

I like the lack of a comma after “I’m sorry.” I feel the same way.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:30:27 +0000

Nah, Indyanna–it’s teh grlz who need to stay in their places. Generals who weren’t elected by anybody have every right to try to influence U.S. foreign policy, but teh girlz need to get back in the kitchen and on their leashes.

(What I like about this video is the almost incandescent rage that shines from Pelosi, as her smile gets more and more frantic and insistent as she tries to answer the question without murdering someone or calling anyone an a-hole in public.)

By: Indyanna

Indyanna — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:41:31 +0000

Generals are the ones that are supposed to remain “in their place,” aren’t they, and from what I’ve heard, that constitutional place is one of subordination to the civilian political authorities? However one feels about the complex policy debates going on right now, it seems that this principle is being honored at best somewhat in the breach these days. And of course, the party that got put firmly in its place, as the (putatively) loyal opposition in the last two election cycles, is having problems with this little technicality. Maybe time to pare down to a Rump, or even a Bare-Bones body?

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:38:46 +0000

Wow. That’s all I’ll say.