video via TBogg
Tonight the feature is a round up of the most succulently delicious blogger battle worthy of more attention ever. And I never cover this stuff, but this story just begs for more attention. Ms. Thang helped it along with the video above, but also with her post today. It’s the first time I can remember liberals being called “puritanical.” Besides, that’s not even the point. The real issue is that Ms. Thang thinks a night of watching “American Idol” while sipping a nasty looking chardonnay is actually worth video documentation. Seriously, could this woman be any more narcissistic?
But let’s recap where it all began… at least this latest blogger brouhaha…
It started off with just two girls (uh-oh, I used the “g” word) gabbing. Then Garance Franke-Ruta said those
horrifyingly threatening words: the Jessica Valenti breast controversy! Now you've done it. That’s when Ann Althouse flipped out. What ensued was
just bizarre. Is that not the most hilarious talking head video ever? Ms. Althouse, check your ego, babe, it’s showing. All because Garance Franke-Ruta brought up Ms. Althouse’s post Let’s
take a closer look at those breasts, which ticked a lot of people off,
because it was so ridiculously insulting and spiteful, not to mention down right stupid. Women have breasts! Alert the media. For background on last fall’s Ann Althouse breast insult start here, then go here,
with more on Ornicus
and TRex’s
post is a hoot complete with a follow up and a not to be missed finale, with Scott
chiming in too. John
at C&L has some video.
But let’s let Ms. Althouse speak for herself on her original insult. Flashback to fall 2006, complete with the photo that originally set Althouse off.
Let’s take a closer look at those breasts.
I wanted to elevate a discussion from the comments section of a post from
Wednesday, you know the one with the photo of the Daou-wrangled bloggers posing
in front of Bill Clinton? The first commenter, Goesh, picks up on my prompt
— “Let’s just array these bloggers… randomly” —
and wisecracks: “Who is the Intern directly in front of him with the
black hair?”Eventually, Jessica from a blog called Feministing, shows up and says: “The,
um, “intern” is me. It’s so nice to see women being judged by more than their
looks. Oh, wait…”
But seriously, if you watch the video at BloggingHeads this week, once Ms. Franke-Ruta
says the magic words, Ann Althouse comes completely unglued. Just because Franke-Ruta brought up
a post Ann wrote herself? She got what she deserved. Going after a female blogger just because she showed up at
the Bill Clinton blogger lunch wearing something hot that made her look terrific is, let’s just say, petty, to put it mildly.
Ann Althouse would simply hate my publicity shots. Actually, most feminists do. However, I always thought feminism was also about the right to be smart and show sex appeal. To many it’s about following a whole new set of rules. Sorry, not interested.
However, the real issue with Ann Althouse on the BloggingHeads video is how insecure and full of herself she is. Anyone that serious about an event you started yourself so many months ago has got some serious insecurity issues. Get a sense of humor, Ann. It goes a long way.
As for Ms. Althouse’s question about why liberals are so mean to her, as she puts it, well, she should look in the mirror. Or better yet, maybe she should just review the BloggingHead video again. It tells the whole story.
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