They're only falling behind if this is a zero-sum game, asshole.

[trinityvixen]

From earthrise: OMG WHO NEEDS ROLE MODELS FOR GURLZ AND COLOURED PEOPLE WHEN THE WHITE BOYS AREN'T BEATING THEM ANY MORE!?!? SAVE WHITEY!

You just know it's a fucking joke when this author can point to the United State Supreme Court's one female member and think that that's plenty. Yes, 1 woman versus eight men, that's clearly a sign of the end of days for white boys. Fuck off, you cunt.

The education panic over boys is the same old nonsense. Boys are falling behind because our education system, somehow, was built to cater to girls. Right. This is the system that has remained virtually the same for decades, in both style and substance and (thanks to tenure) character. What is really going on here? Eroding white male privilege has defenders of it in a tizzy. Good.

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[wellgull.livejournal.com]

I've said before: the media became so entrenched with "Will we have our first Black President or our first Woman President?" that they completely lost sight of "who would make the best president?"

I don't recall the Constitution establishing a role of Role-Model-in-Chief. Unfortunately it's a natural outgrowth of a media that refuses to do any kind of policy analysis and has forsworn the goal of distinguishing truth from falsehood. Is it any wonder that America treats candidates like cheering for your favorite team, when the campaign is reported like it was some kind of horse race?

In short: the article was crap. Valid criticisms of Hillary, but none of it manages to suggest that Obama is any better, except he's the Only Other Possible Option, right? Right?

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Given how defensive she is about poor boys falling behind those dark-horse feminists, I'm surprised she left out Edwards.

[wellgull.livejournal.com]

Who's Edwards?