I’m not a fan of the new Leslie Bennetts book, The Feminine Mistake. As a libertarian I think life works best when people make their own choices informed by their faith, family and friends. Live on a commune; work on Wall St.–whatever you and your support network think is best is your decision and the best way to live your life. So when books come out with premises like “all mothers should stay home” or “all women should have a career” I think that “some authors should mind their own business.”
I’m not the only one criticising Bennetts’ book. But, man, does this take the cake.
Several people are piling on to Leslie Bennetts, dismissing her work because she’s fat. In their minds, fat people are not qualified to give life advice because they can’t somehow manage to be not fat. Which is now, I suppose, a baseline for operating in society.
::sadly shakes head and sighs::
Well, hey, it’s worked on the girls’ side of the playground all these years:
“You’re stupid.”
“Am not. You’re mean. And jealous.”
“Well, you’re stupid and … you’re … you’re FAT!”
[cue tearful exit of accused Stupid Fat Girl while Mean Jealous Girl stands smugly, surrounded by her minions]
I think I’ll start criticizing everything like that. “I really enjoyed that movie we saw the other night, except the lead actor was so FAT.” “Wasn’t that a great speech by that politician? She made such great points. Too bad she’s so FAT that I can’t possibly support her.” “The food is fantastic at that new restaurant over on Fifth, but the wait staff is so FAT that we won’t go back.”
Jeebus, y’all. This is crazy.
That is very. I don’t really like the bossy types, either. It is simply stupid to write a book saying that one gender should only do one thing, and vice versa.