Originally Posted by Ardy
In case anyone is interested, there is a transcription of an on line chat session with the author. That link confirms that the article was written with at least an attempt at humor
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Unbelievable...: I am flabbergasted at your puzzlement regarding the outrage about your article. What would your reaction had been if a man wrote such an article? Would that have been okay? I'm guessing The Post wouldn't have published a male columnist writing that women are stupid. It's really easy to put out provocative, poorly supported idea,s and really hard to recover from the damage they do. Shame on both you and The Post!

Charlotte Allen: Why can't a woman make fun of women? Are women such a sacrosanct subject nowadays that they're off-limits for anyone to write about them except in a reverent portrayal of them as victims of men? I don't buy that.

With all due respect, Ardy (and I *do* respect your writings), "making fun of" is completely different from "attempt at humor".

And rather than a "portrayal of [women] as victims", she claims to rectify that by depicting women as people who ought to "not mind the fact that way down deep, we are . . . kind of dim"? Maybe in her circle, but even then I'd hardly call it humor and certainly no improvement.

Last edited by Reality Bytes; 03/09/08 12:15 AM. Reason: accurate quote
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