At Ben & Jerry’s, Ice Cream Celebrates Men Only
Amanda McCall Illustrates The Ben & Jerry’s Obvious Ice Cream Gender Gap AOC Sensual Rebel
Amanda McCall used Buzzfeed’s community forum to launch a tongue-in-cheek critical observation that Ben & Jerry’s prides itself on being a progressive company except not on the subject of honoring women with its celebrity flavors. About 8% or 2 of Ben & Jerry’s more than 20 special flavors have honored women.
So Amanda McCall decided to give the boys club a hand. Clever as it is, McCall’s ingenuity hasn’t gotten the traction it deserves. Surely the cult-figure, bad-ass reputation that Justice Ginsberg enjoys warrants her being honored with proof that Ben & Jerry’s understands that ‘Mad Men’ happened 50 years ago.
So Far No Death Threats For Amanda McCall
As Michelle Goldberg reminds readers recently, a simple and clever boys club challenge like ideas for ice cream can get a feminist writer death threats in today’s toxic, woman-hating culture. Goldberg wrote Feminist writers are so beseiged by online abuse that some have begun to retire.
On the other hand, while digital media has amplified feminist voices, it has also extracted a steep psychic price. Women, urged to tell their stories, are being ferociously punished when they do. Some — particularly women who have the audacity to criticize sexism in the video-game world — have been driven from their homes or forced to cancel public appearances. Fake ads soliciting rough sex have been placed in their names. And, of course, the Twitter harassment never stops. “Being insulted and threatened online is part of my job,” Lindy West, formerly of Jezebel, recently said on “This American Life.” Adds Jamia Wilson, executive director of the feminist advocacy group Women, Action and the Media, “It really can affect the way that people feel about themselves.”
The intimidation of uppidity women hasn’t changed much in the 50 years since Mad Men. I myself was in police protection for a year after the Roe vs Wade decision. Speaking at a panel after the Roe decision, I was asked if I supported it. In a single sentence ‘Yes, I do’, my life became hell as I was stalked at work and in my home by a deranged man assuring me that he would kill me.
In February 2014, Goldberg wrote an even more in-depth piece for The Nation, Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars.
National Review calls Hawaii House member Tulsi Gabbard Hip, Beautiful & Exotic. Ooh La La
A new article in the National Review is supposed to focus on the foreign policy stances of Hawaii House member Tulsi Gabbard. But let’s keep our priorities straight. Both the article and lead sentence focus on Gabbard’s physical looks and charisma.I don’t believe they called her sexy.
The Left’s jump on the article — which is short — is a bit jaded, but I fail to see the relevance of her ‘exotic background — she was born in American Samoa and is Hindu as relating to her foreign policy credentials.
FYI National Review, generally-speaking in the grand scheme of things women of color are high-offended by white male privilege use of the word ‘exotic’ to describe them. It doesn’t matter how you feel about it gentlemen; they are offended by the adjective.
Here, this article might help from Psychology Today. What Is ‘Exotic’ Beauty? Where is the line drawn between admiration and discrimination? by Goal Auzeen Saedi Ph D
Breaking News! Clinton Signs Lease
Politico reports that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign headquarters will be at 1 Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn Heights New York. The two full floors of the office building are close to 12 subway lines and a dozen bus lines and will be delivered as is.
Clinton’s chief of staff, Huma Abedin, weeks ago toured the building and took a walking tour of the neighborhood to check out its amenities. The campaign now has 15 days from the date of signing to announce a formal candidacy.
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