Hating Feminists? What Is Kathryn Lopez of the National Review Thinking?

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I agree with Ken M of NJ (below), regarding your strange (and cowardly) "I am not a feminist" proclamation.
Maybe you could tell us what exactly what a feminist really is, and then explain how you're not one...or do you really disagree with equal rights for women?
And please..."nor do I toe any ideological or partisan line..."?
How many times have I heard that before?! Maybe next time you could display your android credentials at the bottom of the page, since only a non-human has the capacity to be non-ideological. (Perhaps you need a refresher on this term, too?)

matt of LA 1:55PM March 30, 2009

I have a certificate in Chinese Herbal Medicine and can assure you that there may be pesticides and poisons in the tea sent over from China.The California study in 2000 found
arsenic,lead,cyanide,mercury to name a few in formulas sent here.Babies cough syrup had lead in it.
Has that been a consideration in this study?
Most of our tea comes from China.
Hot would open the throat more than warm or cool.Probably a factor.
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jean louise collins of PA 2:14PM March 27, 2009

I think that her point is both clear and very well founded. What passes for the feminist movement in the US is no more than another head of the liberal hydra.It's leadership hyperventilate over fictional sexist affronts and tries to paint anyone that doesn't share its left wing agenda as misogynistic or, as in the case of the Sarah Pal;ins of the world "inauthentic" women. At the same time,it is silent about honor killings, stoning and the generally wretched condition of women in Islamic societies.I won't even get into the free pass that was given to the nations misogynist in chief, Bill Clinton, by the feminist talking heads who have hijacked a worthy cause and perverted it to serve narrow ideological ends. I hope that this clarifies her point for you.

Diana of NY 1:37PM March 27, 2009

Erbe: "..I am not a feminist.."
feminist: Of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women.
Your statement doesn't make any sense and leads me to believe that you have no idea what feminism means.

Ken M of NJ 8:45PM March 26, 2009

not a fem? yet you took the time to be irritated with someone you perceived to be attacking fems? you are irrelevant, bonnie.

j of MS 6:16PM March 26, 2009

...how Kathryn Lopez feels about honor killings, Sharia Law etc. it's only a Google away. Kathryn Lopez may be angry that US feminists have not made Nazanin Afshin-Jam a house-hold name.

Annette of PA 3:46PM March 26, 2009

Yea, and Nixon wasn't a crook.
Bonnie, have the exhaust system of your car checked...I'm thinking the fumes are gettin' to you - brain cells dyin' off like flies in a blizzard. "Not a Feminist..." Oh boy.....

R.L. Schaefer of CA 3:03PM March 26, 2009

is not a matter for mere bantering about, and it is not a matter for "feminists."
It is properly a matter for Western MEN to be questioning again and again and again.
Why are we buying oil from a country like Saudi Arabia where women can be sentenced to hundreds of lashes for merely comingling with men? This is actually a symptom of the entirety of the male gender in that country being a bunch of cowards, jerks or worse. They should have stood up and overthrown their detestable "kingdom" decades ago. But noooooo. WE prop up the whole outrage with our dollars for oil for our fast cars.
Don't leave this to the "feminists", boys.

Muser of NM 2:47PM March 26, 2009