Comments on: Yet another discussion of femininity in this race

By: Zach Alexander » Hillary’s gender

Zach Alexander » Hillary’s gender — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:44:29 +0000

[...] expected someone (not necessarily xJane) to give me the third degree, but instead, she linked to a another post where she makes essentially the same point. And now we have Clinton’s former spiritual [...]

By: xJane

xJane — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:43:27 +0000

MT: totally with you regards “race”. It’s always much more of a “knock-down, drag-out”, but I suppose “race” makes it sound less bloody.

By: M. T. MacPhee

M. T. MacPhee — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:19:08 +0000

I just checked out the English Prof. Colour me a skeptic, thanks.

By: M. T. MacPhee

M. T. MacPhee — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:09:29 +0000

@xJane

Gotcha. I’m a Canadian, so I’m not following the “race” (how can you call an election that lasts two years a race?) with sufficient ardour to have noticed that nuance. Thanks for clearing it up.

By: xJane

xJane — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:32:21 +0000

MT: indeed it would. However, I am simply using the terms that they themselves have adopted: Senator Barack Hussein Obama has positioned himself as simply "Obama" or "Barack Obama" (no longer Barry he); similarly, Senator Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton has (currently) positioned herself as "Hillary" or "Hillary Clinton" (no longer Rodham-Clinton, I remember when she used the dash!). Most news outlets refer to them as last names, and I find that wholly appropriate. I make no bones about attempting to be impartial: if Barry positions himself as that, or Diane suddenly starts going by her middle name, power to each. There've been some interesting articles in the news about the affect of each choice, in fact: you can read or listen.

By: M. T. MacPhee

M. T. MacPhee — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:21:49 +0000

Umm…. I’m wondering why you refered to them as “Hillary” and “Obama”? Wouldn’t the rules of parallel usage — not to mention non-sexist thinking — call for “Hillary” and “Barak”, or “Clinton” and “Obama”?

By: xJane

xJane — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:07:23 +0000

hehe, it’s in stock, TammyT, but they won’t send it to you. They’re just messing with your head!!!

By: TammyT

TammyT — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:50:39 +0000

I just went to Amazon, and it says that the book’s publication date is April 30, 2008. But it also says there are books in stock. What gives? Anyway, I put it on my PBS wishlist. Thanks for the pointer!

By: TammyT

TammyT — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:47:24 +0000

Wow.
That puts a totally new spin on the Obama/Clinton dichotomy.
I’m going to add this book to my mile-high “to read” list.