One of the AM leftie yappers I listen to even though she (and they all) tend to drive me nuts is Stephanie Miller. Last Friday on her show she came out as, as she put it, “a gay woman.” As much as part of me wants to pick on her for maybe riding the Rachel Maddow success coattails just a wee bit, her announcement and the congratulory callers afterward were heartwarming. You can find it on her website.
In other warm fuzzy news, Dr. Laura is quitting her radio show on the heals of her racist backlash. Yay. The link is to stopdrlaura.com – I thought they should be allowed their moment in the sun.
Last, the comic “Cathy” is ending!!! As a teen and then a collegian, I remember being infuriated when female friends would be mad at me for hating the “women’s” comic. And tryin to explain that just because the strip was by a woman didn’t make it feminist didn’t help my cause one bit. Cathy was, badly drawn, unfunny, and the most woman-(self)-hating comic imaginable. It’s heroine was a whiny victim of fashion, of media-defined ideal body size, of men, of food she wasn’t “supposed” to eat, the list goes on, AND of her pathetic shlub of a boyfriend Irving whom she eventually fucking married! Worse than Garfield, worse than Family Circus, good riddance Cathy. Here’s a bizarre Salon.com piece, “Goodbye Cathy, Feminist Trailblazer,” and here’s a nifty rebuttal of said piece.
On one last note, have y’all ever checked out Garfield Minus Garfield? Kinda fun.
