Feminism, the Mainstream Media, and Pop Culture.

A depressing number of conservatives treat the above three things as, if not equivalent, then at least collusive. I don’t see it, myself.

The problem is, you have a mainstream media outfit–let’s take the New York Times–who hires, say, Maureen Dowd, and she writes in a stereotypically feminine, that is, girlish, way, and sometimes she talks about the dreaded Women’s Issues.

“Oh,” goes the reaction in some quarters, “Here we have a woman, writing for the New York Times, talking about things that don’t always include men. I know what that is! That’s a feminist!”

Of course, there’s more.