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Hillary Clinton's Limited Feminism: Why Electing a Woman President Is Not Enough
Huffington Post ^ | April 20, 2016 | Julia Sharpe-Levine

Posted on 04/21/2016 4:03:52 AM PDT by Zakeet

Over the past several months, the Clinton campaign and its celebrity supporters have worked hard to convince the American public that "Hillary" is synonymous with feminism. On the campaign trail, Lena Dunham stated, "Our first female president would send a message that we are here. We are ready to lead. In fact, she has been leading all along." In a pro-Hillary video posted on YouTube, Jamie Lee Curtis said, "I want my President to make decisions on my behalf based on her experience, her command, her intelligence and from her big, warm, embracing feminine heart." Countless other celebrities -- Amy Poehler, Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington and Katy Perry to name a few -- have all endorsed Clinton, proudly declaring #ImWithHer and celebrating Clinton's bid for the Presidency as a historic feminist victory.

It would be historic to have a woman in the White House. But if we are to embrace a feminism that concerns itself with more than the inclusion of women (particularly wealthy white women) in corporate capitalism and US imperialism, then we need a President who is willing to challenge the status quo. We need a leader unafraid to stand up to a system that idolizes profit at the expense of human decency, and who will work to replace it with one that serves the interests of all its citizens. Hillary Clinton has never aspired to this.

On the contrary, Clinton has gained much of her success by forging mutually beneficial alliances with some of this country's most powerful corporations.

(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; feminism; hillary

The author, a self-proclaimed artist, activist and intersectional feminist is opposed to the drunken, old, bisexual, corrupt Cankles because she isn't womyn enough!

1 posted on 04/21/2016 4:03:52 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet
When having female genetalia is your only accomplishment
You might be a sexist !
2 posted on 04/21/2016 4:10:03 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ( British historian Arnold Toynbee - Civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.)
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To: Zakeet

3 posted on 04/21/2016 4:12:33 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Gotta ‘love’ it.

Everyday one hears that if a Black doesn’t vote for a Black he is a Race Traitor.
A feminist said there was a special place in hell for ANY woman that doesn’t vote for Hillary.

Using THEIR logic(??) that means that I, a straight White Male should vote for a straight White Male....

INSTEAD,

I/WE get called Racist, Sexist, Homophobes if we don’t vote for the Black, Woman or ‘Other’.

Funny, MD has two LIbs vying for Mukolskis seat.

One a Black Woman and One a White Male.

Apparently ALL the White Backing is for the Male - including Washington Post and other newspapers.

Funny if they were Republicans in the same setup, the same newspapers would be calling US Racists/sexists etc for not endorsing the Black Female.


4 posted on 04/21/2016 4:19:05 AM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"Pols headstone- Please bury me not so deep so I can continue to fleece the sheep")
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To: Zakeet

Yeah!

We need a REAL woman as president!

Someone like Bruce Jenner!


5 posted on 04/21/2016 4:39:53 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Zakeet
Jamie Lee Curtis said, "I want my President to make decisions on my behalf based on her experience, her command, her intelligence and from her big, warm, embracing feminine heart."

She's talking about Hillary, right?

6 posted on 04/21/2016 4:42:45 AM PDT by Oratam
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7 posted on 04/21/2016 4:47:27 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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Hillary, the 70’s called. They want their meme back.


8 posted on 04/21/2016 4:49:36 AM PDT by stilloftyhenight (Trump speaks TO us, not AT us. Big difference.)
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To: Zakeet

Feminists will never be happy until they live in an Amazonian society devoid of men. They have much in common with Muslims.


9 posted on 04/21/2016 4:51:30 AM PDT by Objective Scrutator (All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
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It makes me wonder what will happen after the first high profile feminist gets raped by Muslims.

It will be one of those popcorn moments, like watching the Hulk trash Loki in “Avengers”.


10 posted on 04/21/2016 5:06:38 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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I think this would be an example where Loki would brainwash the Hulk into doing his bidding, and the Hulk would be throwing cars at Tony Stark instead of the actual villain.


11 posted on 04/21/2016 5:22:14 AM PDT by Objective Scrutator (All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
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I wonder if the sycophants at Huffpo have read Camille Paglia's latest?

"...Hillary’s breathtaking lack of concrete achievements or even minimal initiatives over her long public career doesn’t faze her admirers a whit. They have a religious conviction of her essential goodness and blame her blank track record on diabolical sexist obstructionists."

12 posted on 04/21/2016 5:53:25 AM PDT by simpson96
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Jamie Lee Curtis said, "I want my President to make decisions on my behalf based on her experience, her command, her intelligence and from her big, warm, embracing feminine heart."

Jamie Lee, love ya, sweetie, but SHUT UP AND ACT! There is only room in Hillary's heart for HILLARY.

13 posted on 04/21/2016 7:39:13 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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