Alex Kurtagic asks what the left has done for women, and, in the process, he's posted two collages. The women of the left:
And the women of the right:
How many of each can you identify? Which group looks like the most pleasant to hang out with? Discuss.
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Late-breaking news. Somebody just contacted me and said this is "the most obnoxious blog" she's ever seen and that I'm an "anti-intellictual." If it makes her feel any better, some of the men on the right are pretty goofy-looking:)
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Yet another update:
Alex Kurtagic sent the names of the Women on the Left:
From the gallery of horrors:
First row, left to right:
Betty Friedan, Susan Sontag, Bernardine Dohrn, Mary Daly
Second row:
Andrea Dworkin, Gayatri Spivak, Germaine Greer, Ti-Grace Atkinson
Third row:
Valerie Solanas, Gloria Steinem, Roxanne Dunbar, Cheryl Clarke
Fourth row:
Mary Jo Bane, Marilyn French, Phyllis Chesler, Simone de Bouvoir
Friedan, Sontag, Dworkin, Steinem, and Chesler were/are Jewish. Dohrn, a Vietnam War activist and communist, is not, though her father was. Dunbar's mother was half American Indian. Spivak is from India.
And the Women on the Right:
From the gallery of actual women:
First row, left to right:
Hannah Reitsch, Diana Mitford, Saga, Magda Goebbels
Second row:
Nesta Webster, Jaenelle Antas, Michele Renouf, Masha Scream
Third row:
Norah Dacre Fox, Leni Riefenstach, Brigitte Bardot, Unity Mitford
Fourth row:
Ingrid Rimland, Françoise Dior, Savitri Devi, Elizabeth Dilling
First row, left to right:
Hannah Reitsch, Diana Mitford, Saga, Magda Goebbels
Second row:
Nesta Webster, Jaenelle Antas, Michele Renouf, Masha Scream
Third row:
Norah Dacre Fox, Leni Riefenstach, Brigitte Bardot, Unity Mitford
Fourth row:
Ingrid Rimland, Françoise Dior, Savitri Devi, Elizabeth Dilling


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