Aside from the commitment to what sounds like a great progressive stimulus plan, one sentence struck me: Will your job or your husband’s job or your daughter’s job be the next one cut?. Read that closely. In a speech about universal fears and hardship, he is addressing his primary listeners as women. Never have I heard sentence construction like that from a president -- women addressed directly in a non-"women's issues" setting as legitimate, fully fledged and very concerned and invested breadwinners.Little moments like these, they make me feel good.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Quick Hit: Feminism's Little Victories Make Me Smile
Over at Daily Kos, SusanG has noticed something about President-Elect Obama's most recent weekly address:
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Hi SusanG--good catch!! These days I'm so busy that I'm speed reading, and I think I might not have registered that he's speaking to women. We feminists needs to take this invitation to dialogue at his word. I hope you'll check out Feminist Advisory Board for Obama (Facebook group) and see what you think.
We linked back to this in a post at the CA NOW blog about feminism and sexism from Obama and his team so far.
Wow... that is really pleasant.
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