tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post1293006893811735751..comments2023-10-26T05:14:48.235-04:00Comments on The Egalitarian Bookworm: Dowdy and the Patriarchy: A Match Made in HeavenSarahMarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164306815128620427noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-41903140475610285652007-06-28T13:19:00.000-04:002007-06-28T13:19:00.000-04:00Jebus, you are good.I came here looking for Dowd m...Jebus, you are good.<BR/><BR/>I came here looking for Dowd material, because I want to be her lovah, and now I feel another gravitational pull.<BR/><BR/>She is, however, a good yin to Coulter's yang, though I wouldn't consider sex with Coulter with Hitler's dick. (I know, I stretched that one a bit too far.)<BR/><BR/><BR/>I have to say, still, that I would gladly be MoDo's boy if I had the chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-19006029007259045722007-04-23T20:58:00.000-04:002007-04-23T20:58:00.000-04:00Here via Shameless Sunday, and it was definitely w...Here via Shameless Sunday, and it was definitely worth clicking. Before the NYT columnists went behind the pay wall, I used to read her (usually when I was looking for Krugman or Herbert columns), and she always irritated the hell out of me. It is quite obvious that she wants to date "up". Ya know, as opposed to dating a fellow journalist, a lawyer, an academic, somebody she'd meet in the course of her daily life and who wouldn't have a private jet. There are plenty of intelligent, liberated women who are dating or married to men who are their equals, intellectually and in terms of their accomplishments. <BR/><BR/>She doesn't want an equal, she wants someone rich and famous. And she shouldn't be especially surprised when movie stars and TV producers turn out to be narcissistic assholes who dump her for bimbos half her age. She's all about having a man whose high status allows her to bask in reflected glory. Well, if she's that shallow, she's probably going to end up dating guys who are shallow enough to decide their status will be higher if they ditch her for the aforementioned bimbos. <BR/><BR/>It's kind of sad, especially because Dowd is an accomplished and successful professional woman, and she doesn't NEED to bask in reflected glory. She's the only female columnist at the NYT, for fuck's sake. That's an achievement she should be proud of, and gives her plenty of status regardless of whether she has a rich and famous man in her life or not. Not that she DOES much with her plum slot. All her obsessing on politicians' image seems to be very much in line with how she runs her personal life. It's all about the image her date presents to the world at large, not about whether he's "husband material" on the inside. <BR/><BR/>Mind you, she gets props for referring to Judith Miller as "the Becky Sharp of the NYT."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11823893023485868373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-40107362393485046032007-04-23T12:49:00.000-04:002007-04-23T12:49:00.000-04:00I loved it and linked it. Good toast, methinks.I loved it and linked it. Good toast, methinks.Bob Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242937151007030508noreply@blogger.com