The Super Secret Sisterhood

[Loren Pechtel]

Cortez said that she will support Pelosi and Fudge has backed out of earlier claims that she was considering running for speaker. Fudge has her own baggage as she asked for leniency for that awful judge that beat up his wife in 2015, then killed his now ex wife earlier this week. I don't have the time right now to post all the links, so y'all will have to look this stuff up yourselves. Sorry.

Considering that all of the leadership positions are currently held by men who are about the same age as Nancy, I can't help but think that this is more about sexism than it is about ageism. My hope is that Pelosi will say that this will be her last run for speaker and she will help prepare someone younger to run next time. Right now, the Dems need her experience. They also need to be united.

Pelosi has been demonized by the right.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

One of the things for which I most admire Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is that she is smart enough to know she is not yet experienced enough to seek the reins of power. She will likely vote for Pelosi, knowing that she can learn much about which buttons to push, when and how to push them. It will be six years before she's even eligible to run for President, and I expect that she will make the most of those six years.
I don't know a whole lot about her, but I love what I see.

I do, mostly but I think she needs to lay off twitter or at least limit herself.

My problem with her was the same as Tim Tebow, the press won’t shut up about the unproven talent. She was elected to the House. She took out a white incumbent in a now heavily latino district.

Nancy Pelosi is a fundraising juggernaut, so she remains until she says otherwise. That’s politics in America.

 

[dismal]

Cortez said that she will support Pelosi and Fudge has backed out of earlier claims that she was considering running for speaker. Fudge has her own baggage as she asked for leniency for that awful judge that beat up his wife in 2015, then killed his now ex wife earlier this week. I don't have the time right now to post all the links, so y'all will have to look this stuff up yourselves. Sorry.

Considering that all of the leadership positions are currently held by men who are about the same age as Nancy, I can't help but think that this is more about sexism than it is about ageism. My hope is that Pelosi will say that this will be her last run for speaker and she will help prepare someone younger to run next time. Right now, the Dems need her experience. They also need to be united.

Pelosi has been demonized by the right.

I dunno I’ve always found her more reptilian than demonic.

 

[Toni]

Cortez said that she will support Pelosi and Fudge has backed out of earlier claims that she was considering running for speaker. Fudge has her own baggage as she asked for leniency for that awful judge that beat up his wife in 2015, then killed his now ex wife earlier this week. I don't have the time right now to post all the links, so y'all will have to look this stuff up yourselves. Sorry.

Considering that all of the leadership positions are currently held by men who are about the same age as Nancy, I can't help but think that this is more about sexism than it is about ageism. My hope is that Pelosi will say that this will be her last run for speaker and she will help prepare someone younger to run next time. Right now, the Dems need her experience. They also need to be united.

Pelosi has been demonized by the right.

I dunno I’ve always found her more reptilian than demonic.

She's a ruthless, ambitious politician.

I also think she's very much needed right now.

Younger heads need to be patient and to learn. Their time will come soon enough.

 

[DrZoidberg]

THIS IS A RANT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Ok, here's the deal.

• There is no super sisterhood of women, never has been and never will be.
• Just like not every black person has black people's best interest at heart, not every woman has women's best interest at heart.
• Women tribe not with all other women, but with their men and other women who are like them.
• Good women can still disagree, jockey for position and wield power for themselves and their group. That's not hating other women, that's practicing politics.
• Women have no special morality, cordiality, or affection for all things wise and wonderful. Ovaries don't make you a saint. And that's a good thing 'cause life is hard, and saints are good at dying not fighting.
• 53 percent of the white women who voted in the 2016 presidential election voted for Donald Trump. They are not my sisters.
• When pregnant girls are put out of their churches, good Christian women don't stand and say, this is wrong. These women are not my sisters.
• Mothers to this day tell their daughters not to leave abusive husbands, just tough it out. These women are not my sisters.

I have sisters. They are usually the women other women shit on.

Sisterhood has to be intentional and accepting of and expecting sacrifice. That type of sisterhood does exists, but it exists because of work and thought and intentional spirit, not because of an X chromosome.

OK, I'm done.

But why would they be? We're social creatures. Human social behaviour is all about gaining or keeping power. So for humans power is about gaining allies. We use different tactics to befriend smart people from idiots. Throwing out the idea that there is a super sisterhood of women, (ie womb wisdom and all that nonsense) is a great way to impress foolish women. The only problem with idiots is that their allegiance isn't worth that much.

When it comes to politics. Everybody knows their lone vote isn't worth much. What is worth a lot is belonging to a tribe. It can be a huge benefit to a woman in her community if she identifies with being Republican. If the people in her community she identifies with are also Republican. That's what people really care about when they vote. Rather than the big picture. That's why I always hint that I voted for whatever the person I'm talking to voted for. No matter what. It's a zero cost way of making friends. I never tell anybody what I actually voted for. But a lot of people aren't like me. They get super involved in "their side" and it's important for them to follow through on how their club votes.