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Post by Sunnyhorse on Nov 5, 2010 10:05:22 GMT -4
For many years I was stuck reading Amy Alkon's column because I had to copyedit the stupid piece of shit for two newspapers I worked for. I see that she hasn't improved any.
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Post by famvir on Nov 5, 2010 10:17:37 GMT -4
This article could have been (and probably was) plucked from some long ago reactionary rebut to the 70's Womans Liberation Movement. I read it all the first time around, and in the same vein as reading a pro segregation piece or a pro smoking article, I just can't get too excited about it. The world has moved on, miss, you are forty years too late.
And might I add, her rant was lifted from a time when women were burning their bras and eschewing make up or the shaving of pits and legs. In light of the current desire for both equal pay AND Sex in the City fashions, for job opportunities AND the shaving of places we didn't even think about then, her rant is even more confusing.
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Post by satellite on Nov 5, 2010 12:12:32 GMT -4
The thing that bugs me about this type of article is that there is rarely a corrollary for men to stay in the gym, don't develop a spare tire, use Rogaine etc. or your wife might start looking at her younger co-workers. Not being "metrosexual" per se, but just basic maintenance. It's built on the notion that money/security is always enough for a man to attract/ keep a woman.
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Post by Auroranorth on Nov 5, 2010 13:19:20 GMT -4
For many years I was stuck reading Amy Alkon's column because I had to copyedit the stupid piece of shit for two newspapers I worked for. I see that she hasn't improved any. *hugs Sunnyhorse, offers beverage of choice* |
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Post by Sunnyhorse on Nov 5, 2010 14:07:55 GMT -4
For many years I was stuck reading Amy Alkon's column because I had to copyedit the stupid piece of shit for two newspapers I worked for. I see that she hasn't improved any. *hugs Sunnyhorse, offers beverage of choice* Aw, you're sweet -- make mine champagne (or something similarly bubbly).  Fortunately, I'm not doing any newspapering right now, so I don't have to read that crap. Whee! |
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Laira
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Post by Laira on Nov 18, 2010 15:14:43 GMT -4
The funny thing about Amy Alkon is that she looks like Carrot Top in drag. Plus, she describes her boyfriend, Greg, as 14 years older than her, with no social skills. What a catch! Yeah, all that makeup and dieting really paid off!
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Gigiree
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Post by Gigiree on Nov 19, 2010 12:12:05 GMT -4
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2010 19:56:46 GMT -4
What gets to me is that she keeps pushing Gavin de Becker's "Gift of Fear", a book on how to avoid being a crime victim, but routinely denigrates and minimizes any woman who is subject to stalking, harrassing or generally weird behavior from some guy.
Ex: She mocked a woman who told of a co-worker who showed inappropriate/borderline scary behavior.
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Post by willever on Dec 4, 2010 20:56:00 GMT -4
She probably thinks her misogyny gives her "cool points" with the menz. Can't stand her a bit.
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Laira
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Post by Laira on Dec 9, 2010 17:55:45 GMT -4
She probably thinks her misogyny gives her "cool points" with the menz. Can't stand her a bit. Yup, and ironically, the type of men who applaud female misogyny are the last ones any sane woman would want to associate with. |
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Fortunately, I'm not doing any newspapering right now, so I don't have to read that crap. Whee!
