The sexism awards

Ellen Goodman’s most recent column hands out sexism awards. Really great stuff.
Here are my faves:

…Speaking of Danica, it was Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone who sneered at her, saying: “Women should be dressed in white like all other domestic appliances.” To Bernie we award our Superstar in Sexism Prize and a two-week vacation in our favorite appliance: a deep freezer.
Could Tom Cruise chill out too? He wins the Raging Hormonal Imbalance Award for trashing Brooke Shields because she took medication for postpartum depression. We send him our home-brewed antidote for testosterone poisoning.
What, then, should we give Rick Santorum, who worked so hard this year to grasp the much-coveted Backlash Award? First he blamed the problems of families on ”radical feminists,” and then he opposed ”artificial birth control” as harmful to women and encouraging sex out of marriage. We send Rick to remedial sex ed class to learn that you don’t have to be single or female to use birth control.
As for sexism education, how ’bout them bureaucrats? We give the Male-practice Award to those folks who approved Medicaid payments for Viagra, etc., to 800 sex offenders. Our gift to them: all the side effects on the Viagra label.

I just love that Goodman manages to get Tom Cruise in there. Make sure to check out the whole piece. (Keep an eye out for a similar brand of awards coming out soon from Feministing and Alternet’s L-Files.)