You know, despite chastity whore Dawn Eden‘s anti-choice (and other) craziness I held a very teeny tiny soft spot in my heart for her because she once stood up for me during the boobie fiasco. Very stupid idea on my part–because this is beyond vile.
Jessica Valenti of Feministing asks: “How is one supposed to feel about the state of the education system when a college gives medical benefits to employee’s pets but not to same sex partners?”
Not being an animal lover, I’d have to guess the answer is about the same as I feel about the state of the legal system when the law gives the right not to have their brains sucked out to pets, but not to human babies in the womb.
On that point, Valenti, blogmistress for NARAL Pro-Choice America (left), who clearly adores her dog, disagrees.
There’s an interesting logic there. A pet is worth less than a same-sex couple — but more than a 36-week fetus in the womb.
Hey, Jessica, I’ll make you a deal. The next time you’re pregnant, instead of taking that EC and relying upon the prospect of an abortion as backup, just have the baby. (Emphasis mine)
For reals, bitch? The next time I’m pregnant? Do you have some sort of insider knowledge of my uterus’ history that I’m unaware of? No? Then shut the fuck up. I know it’s inconceivable to some anti-choicers that a woman would want to protect reproductive rights and health for all women no matter what her own reproductive history, and that it’s easier to paint pro-choicers as harlots who get an abortion a week than be honest, but seriously? For shame.
(And by the way, pregnant women don’t take EC–read a book, dumb dumb.)
UPDATE: Also funny–and telling–is that Dawn took down this picture of me from her post after a commenter complained that I was “immodestly dressed.” Shoulders, apparently, are the new cooter.
UPDATE (AGAIN): It seems Dawn has taken the post down and apologized. I’m still irritated that she would write it at all, but the retraction is appreciated.
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I know this has already been covered, but didn’t Jessica once describe herself as a “monogamy whore”? I think its more her sense of humour than an accusation/putdown.
uh..does she know how contraception, emergency contraception, abortion WORKS?
With the EC=abortion thing– people who believe a fertilized egg is a person view the chance that it might not implant due to EC as an abortion.
“I disdain the expectation of perfection in the face of a snide personal attack far more than I disdain the use of the word bitch in response to such an attack.
The perfection/pedestal expectation is the same madonna complex used to berate “uppity” women back into their place.”
I thought this was perfectly said.
“I disdain the expectation of perfection in the face of a snide personal attack far more than I disdain the use of the word bitch in response to such an attack.”
Great line, STP.
Immodest dressers, unite! My sister once asked me, when I was wearing a similar shirt, “Does it feel good to dress like a whore?”
To all the people who are saying that Eden conflates EC and abortion–maybe we’re understanding her statement differently? What I understood her to be saying there is that Jessica is supposed to take EC and then, if that doesn’t work, getting an abortion (or at least taking EC with the knowledge that if it doesn’t work she can always get an abortion).
Clare, I see what you’re saying, but she very clearly said, “The next time you’re pregnant,” instead of taking EC… Meaning, pregnant first, then EC. Which would do nothing.
I find it interesting that you call Dawn a whore and a Bitch, yet she used no such language about you and infact apologized for her post and took it down.
Two wrongs do not make a right, you post is just as wrong and even more vile then hers. She argued a point about EC and abortion and while may have been out of line about personal focus of the commentary the whole post was not a personal derogatory comment on you using foul language.
Smugness doesn’t endear your point to anyone, nor does the fact that Dawn was rude make your rudeness any more acceptable.
Ok, this is the last time I’m going to address this cause it’s getting tired. I didn’t call Dawn a whore. I called her a “chastity whore” much in the same way (as has been pointed out) that I’ve called myself a “monogamy whore” or talked about “blogwhoring.” And yes, I did call her a bitch. Mean, perhaps, but I think my reaction was pretty tame considering the implication of Dawn’s original post–which wasn’t “rude,” kat, it was unconscionable.