http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/7/14/135245.shtml

Tammy Bruce
Tuesday, July 15, 2003

For me as a feminist, there's nothing more frustrating than watching the
destruction wrought by the leftists who have hijacked the feminist
establishment. The last few months have been a veritable Coney Island
experience for the posers in charge. Hillary Clinton. Patricia Ireland. The
"new" Ms. magazine. Need I go on? Yes, we may have to reach for the Pepto,
but only at first. While it is entirely reasonable to get increasingly
frustrated at the carnage wrought by cultural parasites, their folly serves
as perfect examples for decent people about what not to let continue.


Let's start with feminist elite darling Hillary Clinton. Just last week the
book her three ghostwriters wrote for her, "Living History,"
(which would be
more appropriately titled "How I Sold My Soul for Power and a Man with No
Pants") went audio and is close to selling 1 million copies. That's not
surprising. Millions of Americans love fiction. What is disturbing is the
presumption that Clinton is the Grand Dame of authentic feminism. For those
of us who would love to see a woman as president of the United States, it is
appalling that the woman of choice for the feminist elite contradicts
everything authentic feminism stands for.


Isn't it just slightly ironic that those who chant and march for women's
safety and dignity are in a rapturous hysteria over a woman who has enabled
placing specific women in her husband's reach in danger while assaulting the
dignity of women everywhere with her sycophantic support of a man who has
cuckolded her in front of the world? Go, girl, go!


Let me be clear: Hillary Clinton is the anti-feminist. I consider her one of
the most dangerous people in the nation, specifically because she has power
and the reach to sell 1 million books. Because she has managed to enthrall a
nation by pretending to be something she's not. As a feminist, Clinton
disgusts me because she single-handedly has managed to tell women the world
over that no matter what your husband does - humiliate you, betray you, lie
to you, abuse other women, sexually harass other women, intimidate women,
even possibly be a rapist - you should not only not leave him, you should
forever support and enable that behavior.


While on the topics of hypocrisy and moral relativism I would be remiss if I
didn't discuss ex-National Organization for Women president Patricia
Ireland. I was guest hosting for a national radio program a couple of weeks
ago and railed against Ireland and her appointment as the CEO of the YWCA.
While conservative religious groups have understandably assailed this event,
I know Ireland and was a leader in NOW while she ran it into the ground.


A caller to that program opined that it sounded like I had "an ax to
grind."
You bet I do. It's having watched Ireland hijack NOW and change a feminist
organization into one of "social justice," a code phrase among Socialists
for the Leftists' agenda, primarily focusing on "racism" and perpetuating
the pit of victimhood. This debasement of NOW's initially noble agenda of
empowerment into one of promoting hopelessness and alienation has
understandably repulsed millions of Americans.


After the YWCA appointment, Ireland refused to say whether or not she's a
Christian (she's not), and then finally stated in the New York Times (April
30, 2003) that the YWCA would no longer be a Christian organization, but one
of - surprise! - Social Justice. That does not bode well for the tens of
thousands of little girls and their families who rely on the YWCA.


The last piece of recent drivel regurgitated by the feminist establishment
is the supposedly new and improved Ms. magazine. It's neither, by the way.
On the cover of the Summer 2003 issue (http://www.msmagazine.com) is Janeane
Garofalo (where are they selling this tripe? Mars?). Garofalo is featured in
a story with "Susan Sarandon, the Dixie Chicks and all your favorite free
speech stars." Really? They're not my favorites. They're not the favorites
of the majority of feminists or anyone else in this nation. Is Ms. finally
simply trying to prove how desperately hypocritical and out-of-touch the
feminist establishment really is?


After all, who can forget the obscene attack on the free speech of a Jewish
woman who dared to speak her mind a few years ago? She was attacked by the
New Gestapo for using an unapproved-of word. There was a very public attempt
to destroy that woman, professionally and personally, because she dared to
speak her opinion about serious social issues. Gee, kinda like what Sarandon
and the Dixie Chicks are claiming.


Was she featured in Ms. magazine? Is her case discussed in their article
about the assault on freedom of expression? Of course not, because the woman
I'm speaking of is Dr. Laura, and the gang that flew into a jihad to destroy
her was the gay establishment, along with the help of the Feminist Elite and
hypocrites like Susan Sarandon. The double standard is stunning, and exposes
nothing less than the partisan Leftist agenda, which has been masquerading
as feminism for far too long.


What would a truly feminist magazine have included in its content if its
goal were to represent women in all our independence and uniqueness? While
stories about Garofalo and Sarandon are fine, a story about Dr. Laura would
have been welcomed. And what about a profile of Condoleezza Rice, the most
powerful woman in the nation (OK, in the whole world) and who also happens
to be black? Oh, but I forgot. Rice has committed two unforgivable crimes:
She doesn't live in either the black or feminist ghettos the Left has set up
for her "type." No, she's her own woman, is decent, doesn't lie to people,
and isn't a victim. How dare she!


Instead of lamenting the state of affairs, tell yourself, your mother,
sister, daughter, that while there isn't an authentic feminist movement at
the moment, that can change. In the meantime, don't be fooled - choose your
own feminist heroes (like Dr. Laura and Condoleezza Rice), don't expect (or
want!) to agree with them on every single issue, but appreciate those women
and so many others who are true to themselves and their principles. Lastly,
look at appalling negatives - like Clinton, Ireland and the individuals and
myopic agenda featured in Ms. magazine - as benchmarks of what not to
become.


Tammy Bruce is a former president of the Los Angeles chapter of NOW and a
contributing editor to FrontPageMagazine.com. She is the author of "The New
Thought Police" and "The Death of Right and Wrong."


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