In which Ms. Steinem redeems herself

That "Somebody stole my shoes, so I'll amputate my legs" bit is pure gold :

Selecting Sarah Palin, who was touted all summer by Rush Limbaugh, is no way to attract most women, including die-hard Clinton supporters. Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Clinton. Her down-home, divisive and deceptive speech did nothing to cosmeticize a Republican convention that has more than twice as many male delegates as female, a presidential candidate who is owned and operated by the right wing and a platform that opposes pretty much everything Clinton's candidacy stood for -- and that Barack Obama's still does. To vote in protest for McCain/Palin would be like saying, "Somebody stole my shoes, so I'll amputate my legs."

Y'all know how pissed off I got after La Steinem wrote that horrid anti-Obama Op/Ed for the New York Times and that my beef with her is just not new. This time around she serves her purpose well for, indeed, all what Palin and Clinton share is nothing but a chromosome. Yet Ms. Steinem needs to go further.

White feminists need to zero in on the phenomenon of  Republican women in high offices. It is true they have had more women in higher office in the last eight years than any other administration. Yet what needs to be told over and over again is that most of those women have only one function : to serve as surrogates to the patriarchy, to become the obedient "cultural soldiers" to their male masters and leaders.

That's the difference between faux and true feminism. It's time to vociferously smack down the meme that just because she's a woman and a governor she wants equality for all women and all peoples.

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