Comments on: Trading one set of chains for another

By: Official Shrub.com Blog » Blog Archive » Because the only women who matter are white ones

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:45:41 +0000

[...] Hirshman — who, on top of thinking of herself as the matriarch of all women/feminists is responsible for making up the term “choice feminist” so she could have a convenient [...]

By: Official Shrub.com Blog » Blog Archive » To all feminists: Stop using the word “choice feminism”!

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 03:47:20 +0000

[...] Now, as for “choice feminism” let’s first look at the origins. Linda Hirshman — who I have criticized for her anti-feminist rhetoric — coined the term specifically to create this pretend group of feminists who she could then attack. [...]

By: stabby

stabby — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 06:15:31 +0000

good read. I like your fire!

By: Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Everyone’s Talking about Linda Hirshman’s “Homeward Bound”

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:41:37 +0000

[...] Official Shrub.com Blog Seriously, though, without proper data a proper discussion cannot take place. The articles Hirshman cites are crap, even if the message they send may have a grain of truth. There is nothing to be gained by validating their improper methodologies, flawed logic, and misuse of data. If you want to discuss the message, then both sides need to approach the issue with data that was gathered and analyzed properly, otherwise it’s fair game to discredit the message by discrediting evidence provided. […] [...]

By: tekanji

tekanji — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:23:08 +0000

Hirshman makes a really crappy feminist, but she sure is great at being a mouthpiece of the patriarchy.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:53:47 +0000

Have you seen Hirshman’s response (in the comments to “The Elite Talk Back”)here? http://www.literarymama.com/interact/blog/

She says “…So I don’t blog on about my roofer or my morning sickness or whatever qualifies as sincere feminism in the weird space the internet creates.”

So - now we “internet weirdos” cannot be sincere feminists. Hmmm.

By: Ann Bartow

Ann Bartow — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:55:12 +0000

Thank you for ths! Between Hirshman and some of the female writers at the NYT (Dowd, Story, Belkin, Saul, etc.) I sometimes feel very alone and freakish (hence the title of this post: http://www.nyu.edu/classes/siva/archives/002468.html) about my feminist views and experiences (outside my circle of friends that is, who are fellow freaks, happily). Thank goodness for the Internets!