Amid all the bravos at the Golden Globes tonight, there is one name conspicuously missing.

[Sparkly]

66. May I say how personally gratifying the responses here are to me -

- as a feminist who came of age in the 1970s.

I am so glad to see some energy behind the idea of embracing women who carried the torch and took us another mile forward, rather than dismissing them and pretending we ourselves made it happen, and then placing ourselves apart -- either above it, or beyond it.

This is about HRC herself, but it's also about the whole battle. Instead of cheering every crack in the glass ceiling, we somehow step back, establish distance, and enjoy the results while pretending we alone made it happen.

We fold back in and retreat, because it's easier, individually. We back away, without a word of celebration for our most recent forbearer(s), afraid that the backlash might rub off, pretending we got where we are all on our own, and enjoying the fantasy that we've created something never confronted before.

Yay, women! Yay, equality! Yay, fighting abuse, sexism, unfairness! But the struggle is NOT new. Why do we distance ourselves at every step, with "But that's not ME," always above it or beyond it.

The "above it" version of "But that's not ME" says, "I just wouldn't go THAT far."

- Those suffragettes who got themselves arrested? "I understand; I agree women should have the right to vote. But I would never go against the law. That's not ME."

- Those women who want to keep their jobs when the GIs return? "I understand, but I'm not so selfish I'd deprive a hero, coming home to head a family, his income so I can have pin money.""That's not ME."(And if you have a problem with that, take a pill)

- Those militant feminists fighting for an Equal Rights Amendment? "I think we should have equal rights, but I wouldn't go as far as demonstrating, acting mannish or hating men." "That's not ME."

Since then, "That's not me" has shifted its meaning from "I wouldn't go THAT far" to "Oh, I'm past all that," as though nothing had happened in-between, and as though the playing field has been level all along.

We're post-sexist in the same way we're post-racist. "No bias!! It's just that one particular woman."

SHE IS THAT WOMAN!!!
Why on earth would she not be celebrated?!?

Anyway, I haven't posted in a long while, and want to say thanks for restoring my faith in DU.