The State of My Union
I made it through the entire State of the Union address last night - it seems like it's been a while since that happened. And I found two things interesting. First, there was a lot of applause in the begining for Nancy Pelosi's uterus. Or the fact that she has one. Yay, Nancy Pelosi and her female organs.
I'm (duh) all for women in positions of power, but all that self-congratulatory applauding for the fact that there is now a female Speaker of the House just rubbed me the wrong way. When do we get to the part where we're beyond applauding women simply for being elected? When do we get to the part where there are just women around doing important things and we don't even really notice their female-ness?
Growing up I was pretty sure that there would be a female president in my life time, but I refuse to vote for Hillary Clinton just because she has ovaries. I need her to be good too.
And second: the plan for a tax credit for uninsured working poor, or whatever it was - seemed like Bush wasn't so sure himself - caused me to turn to Steven and ask, "Where's the tax credit for the uninsured who are just barely scraping by in wealthy New York neighborhoods? What about those of us who have to work our fingers to the bone trying to earn enough money to take nice Mexican vacations?"
Blah, blah, blah, working poor. They get all the attention from politicians. What about two-income families with nannies who want bigger apartments? We need tax credits too!
I'm (duh) all for women in positions of power, but all that self-congratulatory applauding for the fact that there is now a female Speaker of the House just rubbed me the wrong way. When do we get to the part where we're beyond applauding women simply for being elected? When do we get to the part where there are just women around doing important things and we don't even really notice their female-ness?
Growing up I was pretty sure that there would be a female president in my life time, but I refuse to vote for Hillary Clinton just because she has ovaries. I need her to be good too.
And second: the plan for a tax credit for uninsured working poor, or whatever it was - seemed like Bush wasn't so sure himself - caused me to turn to Steven and ask, "Where's the tax credit for the uninsured who are just barely scraping by in wealthy New York neighborhoods? What about those of us who have to work our fingers to the bone trying to earn enough money to take nice Mexican vacations?"
Blah, blah, blah, working poor. They get all the attention from politicians. What about two-income families with nannies who want bigger apartments? We need tax credits too!
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