And after we did, we wanted to see if we'd been 'scooped' by any other feminists so we went to various feminist outlets. We started with Women's Media Center
It was there that we found, "In the wake of hints from the Romney presidential campaign that it may be considering a woman for the vice-presidential slot on the ticket, Women's Media Center board member Gloria Feldt was on America's Radio News Network to talk about media treatment given to female political candidates, and what kind of effect it may have on other women considering a run." Media treatment given to female political candidates?
Where's the write up on Roseanne -- who's been getting major press since February? -- or on Jill Stein? We remember 2008. It took criticism here -- non-stop criticism -- to finally get WMC to do one report on Cynthia McKinney, the only woman running for president in the general election in 2008. And one article is all WMC could ever offer. So, Gloria Feldt, you look a little stupid and Women's Media Center looks a little whorish talking about how other outlets treated "female political candidates."
We went to NOW -- the National Organization for Women -- which still has scabs from the scars of 2008. We found out that NOW PAC had endorsed Obama and Biden -- why not, global cuts in reproductive funding are something any whore for the Democratic Party can get behind, right? We wondered where Jill Stein was? It was known weeks ago she would be the Green Party's presidential candidate. She received coverage from The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, and much more in the last days. But not a damn word from the National Organization FOR Women?
Nobody's asking NOW or WMC to endorse Jill Stein. Two of us (Ava and C.I.) don't even plan on voting in the presidential election at this point. We assumed other people can make up their own minds. It's a shame supposed outlets for women think or treat their audience like mindless little girls who can't think for themselves.
Did someone say Ms. blog?
There we can find A Zodiac Lesbian poets and find out about women in other countries. But any women running for the White House? Oh, forget it.
In 2008, feminist 'leaders' demonstrated that they could be little bitches. It's that offensive? So was your behavior in 2008. You need to get over your damn selves. You've made your endorsement, you've whored your asses like good little tools of the patriarchy. Unless you now intend to go on sabbatical until after the 2012 elections, you need to start covering women. You don't have to like them, you don't have to endorse them, you don't have to vote for them. But if you're going to self-present as feminists, you better damn well find a way to cover women running for the highest office in this country or accept the fact that 2012 is going to be another embarrassing year for women.
