I tried and tried to quote only excerpts from this post, but it only does itself justice if you read the whole thing. Apparently, the ladies…erm….womyn over at feministing can’t imagine why anyone would want a hope chest, filled with hope chest-y things.
According to those paragons of all that a woman should be, wanting to make a comfortable home for your family means that you don’t value education, or accomplishing anything on your own. It seems that if you don’t fit their narrow definition of what a woman should be, ladies, you should be belittled and criticized.
Now what does that remind me of….?
(For an extra treat, pop on over there and read the comments. So much bile in one place. Who would have thought it possible?)
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March 03, 2008
 Who says anti-feminists are out of touch? I mean, who wouldn’t want to enter a contest where the prize is an old cedar chest filled with linens…or something. Seriously, the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute has a campaign to “Bring Back the Hope Chest.” (And all you have to do is convince your friends to sign up for these super fab “Luce Ladies” calendars!)I was going to write a post about this, but Ann and I had a Skype conversation a couple of days back that I think says it all. Check it after the jump.Jessica Valenti: OMG
http://www.cblpi.org/students/
take back the hope chest!Ann Friedman: WHOA!!!!JV: hahahahaah
AF: also: “damsels in success”?!?!?!
JV: i know!
i love this: “The prize (you guessed it–a fabulous, authentic, cedar-lined hope chest filled to the brim with fun, fancy and frivoulous items that any newlywed would would envy) not only celebrates marriage, but makes the man-hating feminists crazy!”
AF: hahahahaha
JV: hope chests make us crazy?
love love love this. can’t wait to post
AF: hope chest got me looking so crazy
uh oh uh oh uh oh
JV: esp since the way to win is to get your friends to sign up for their creepy calendar
lol
AF: i know!
JV: plus the deadline is extended. something tells me swarms of college gals weren’t lining up for musty linens
AF: hahaha
JV: i wonder what comes in it…. hymens?
AF: a copy of Who Stole Feminism and some doilies
JV: michelle malkin
AF: hahaha… she pops out of it like a stripper, only wearing culottes
JV: YES
all the shlumps that we’re supposed to take back are also in there
an anti-feminist douche comes with every chest!
AF: take back the loser!
you not only get the sweet retro wedding gear, you get the actual schlub to marry!
JV: when you open the chest, laser beams shoot out and disintegrate any diplomas hanging around
AF: and automatically impregnate you
and zap the shoes off your feet
and put a rolling pin in your hand
JV: ah, antifeminism |
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I’d take a hope chest with Michelle Malkin.
Kelly, why are you wasting pixels on those wastes of oxygen?
March 5th, 2008 at 7:07 pmThey’re such easy targets. I got lazy
March 6th, 2008 at 9:56 amYou know, if feminists would just admit that they are lobbyists for secular working women I might have some interest in what they say. By making global claims to be speaking for all women they destroy their credibility, because it is obvious that feminists do NOT speak for traditional women (mothers, housewives, churchgoers).
March 6th, 2008 at 12:45 pmI’m a fan of feminists such as Camille Paglia who have an adult, responsible view of freedom. But of course such revolutionaries are hated by mainstream (bratty victim/princess) feminism.
Feminists sell themselves as being about equality and independence. In reality they are about superiority and dependence.
They are arrogant, childish, bratty, narcissists who want all of the rights, benefits and choices of an adult man AND an adult woman - but refuse to assume the obligations, responsiblities and consequences of either.
They are abusive thought/speech controllers whose tactics are more in line with authoritarian cult leaders than with enlightened reformers.
They are “takers” not “givers”. Takers see and envy what another person gets without recognizing what that person gives to get it. Takers see and resent the little they themselves give, but are blind to all they get in return. Takers constantly feel cheated and oppressed due to their entitled, selfish, sociopathic, narcissistic view of the world.
Takers simply do not understand adult values and concepts such as contracts, mutuality, reciprocation, accountability. It’s all about them. They are always victims and will use it to justify their childish, bullying behavior.
Fact: Women have always had more rights than responsibilities, and men have always had more responsibilities than rights. Men are the disposable gender and always have been. Women are the protected gender and always have been.
Finally, many so-called “traditional” women are just as misandrists as feminists. Women as a whole (and not just feminists) need to look at themselves in the mirror and come to terms with the abusive/evil side of themselves. Women are not the fairer sex; they simply hide their evil (via facades and manipulation) better than men do.
March 7th, 2008 at 4:56 am“…makes the man-hating feminists crazy!”
Apparently it works quite well, too.
March 7th, 2008 at 5:27 amI agree with EggHead. That Feministing website and its occupants are nasty and vile. I once tried to post a polite disagreement and the response was vicious insults and eventual blocking of my posts.
I think feminist are threatened by a hope chest because it is an anathema to their slutty college lifestyle that glorifies instant sexual gratification and meaningless impersonal relationships with men.
A prostitute with a hope chest is incongruous, whereas a Mom with a hope chest presents a warm and cozy image. I have to even believe that the b****** on the feministing web site would smile fondly (in private) if they found out that their Mom had prepared a hope chest.
March 7th, 2008 at 5:36 amKellyMac, I don’t mean to monopolize your blog but I recently came upon it and have found it to be so refreshing that I feel compelled to post.
I want to expand on my last comment about hope chests. I think that if most people (not all, but most people) in there 20s created a mental image of what they expect their life to be when they are, say, 45 years old, the vast majority of the images would include a stable spouse and several children.
If that is where a woman expected to be then it would make sense to do things to make sure it happens and a hope chest seems entirely appropriate. (Again, a Mom with a hope chest is a warm and cozy image.)
The feminist goal is to make sure women never conjure up this image and, in fact, they expend tremendous energy forcing girls on paths that lead as far from this image as possible.
When these girls turn 35, and the image can no longer be ignored, and they realize what little chance that have of reaching it, they become the bitter feminist we have all encountered.
March 7th, 2008 at 5:54 amAnother way to look at feminism is as an outcome of affluence. Women in the West have the freedom to remain emotional children indefinitely, thanks to effective birth control and post-modern chivalry.
We’re just proving again that power and wealth lead to decadence and irresponsibility. Nothing new really.
March 7th, 2008 at 6:38 amTo bachelor tom,
In the movie “As Good As It Gets” (which I liked despite a strong anti-male theme) a woman asks the successful male ‘romance novel’ author how he is able to so accurately capture the female thought process. He responds that he just thinks of a man and then takes away all reason and accountability.
Well, the ‘reason’ part of that is just insulting to women but the lack of ‘accountability’ is, I believe, what defines feminism and, I think, is the stronger influence on them than the ‘power and wealth’ that you mention.
March 7th, 2008 at 11:10 amDedicated to Kelly Mac
March 7th, 2008 at 12:08 pmOpinion, I appreciate that you’re going for finer focus here.
Didn’t upper-class people always have “choices” relative to lower classes? Hasn’t the West become the de-facto global aristocracy in the last couple of centuries? Wealth is the surest indicator of personal liberty and health, providing access to the best technology available. How many elites in history have avoided decadence and self-indulgence?
As far as accountability, I’m not convinced that women were ever held to the same standard as men.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:41 pmI’m confused. You’re taking a conversation in which they laugh at the idea that hope chests anger them, and using this conversation to prove that hope chests anger them?
I thought feminists were the ones that were supposed to not get jokes?
March 10th, 2008 at 7:59 amAh, the classic, “It’s only a joke. You have no sense of humor.”
Haven’t heard that one in a while, Mike. Thanks for dropping by.
March 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pmIs feministing one the leading feminist websites? They sound like girls at a sleepover
March 11th, 2008 at 7:48 amMike,
You are right, feminists are the one who don’t get jokes. The original contest (that was giving away a hope chest) made a comment that one reason a woman might want a hope chest was to make feminists mad.
See… that was a joke.
However, if you would take a minute to read the feministing website discussing this contest it is painfully easy to see that they didn’t get the joke. You would think that someone was suggesting we boil babies in oil (no… wait… feminist might actually want to do that… HA!… see… another joke. I have to run over to feministing.com and see what they have to say about my comment!)
KellyMac just wanted to point out their website to us so we could all enjoy seeing those silly women (sorry… womyn) becoming hysterical (and I’m using the term correctly here, where it means women going mad due to a disorder of their uterus… same origin as the word hysterotomy).
Hope this clears things up for you.
March 11th, 2008 at 10:22 amPhyllis Schlafly Was Right
By Marie T. Sullivan
Following the 1997 re-make of the movie Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, an amusing T-shirt began showing up about town. “THE SHIP SANK,” it read. “GET OVER IT.”
One could say the same for the feminist movement.
http://cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/phyllis-schlafly-was-right855/
March 11th, 2008 at 6:36 pmIt is so cool to see real women speak out against the twisted radical feminists that have destroyed the moral fabric of a balanced society.
March 25th, 2008 at 12:54 amHow many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Lightbulb? What’s that?
March 27th, 2008 at 3:53 amAn oppressive patriarchal construct?
March 27th, 2008 at 12:41 pmCould not agee with you more..
July 7th, 2008 at 9:51 pm