09/09/2008

Project President

Change the presidential election to a Project Runway-style competition? I love this idea. Let's make it happen, people.

Sep 9, 2008 7:14:00 PM

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Open letter to the women of the national Democratic Party [I have mailed this message to my congressional representatives and the DNCC. Feel free to do likewise... I also donated to the Obama-Biden campaign.] Please actively stand up to the Republican attempt to define feminism in the discussion of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. She is anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-gun control, anti-environmental protection, and anti-science. In addition her ethics are dubious, despite her self-characterization as a reformer. Those positions aren’t part of any feminism I recognize. Feminist values are inclusive, egalitarian, serious about social welfare and environmental stewardship, rational, fair, and never demeaning of others. Sarah Palin is a brilliant political weapon: She wraps discriminatory, regressive policies in a palatable, mediagenic package, and she has demonstrated that she can get off a zinger with the best of them. Not only do cultural conservatives love her, but she also appears to be seducing moderate undecided voters. On the first Wednesday in September,...
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Fall '08 Knitty Wow, there's a ton of patterns in there, and a lot of them are intriguing. L'illo is adorable, and I think Camden is cute, and the cover sweater is pretty cool. Oh, and the Op-art baby blankies are bad-ass--that is some cool design and construction. But the lesson I take from this issue is that I should never again shut down or slam my own design ideas as too goofy or weird. Clearly they are not.

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