An MS sistah finally sees the light

[Galt]

This one kind of amazed me:

http://www.msmagazine.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=001220

Sycamore, a long time poster at Ms. Magazine, said that she is getting fed up with all of the nonsense ("lunacy") being posted there and may not even consider herself a feminist anymore.



She writes (on the second page):

<<No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that what I experience here and people call "feminism" has become a ridiculous, reactionary, unthinking joke. It's pathetic. And, if this is what "feminism" is, then I am not a feminist. If one can't even discuss a woman not being able to do it all and losing it without being called antifeminist, then this is definately not something I want to be aligned with. As to why I'm here, I have no idea. I've been here since December of 1999. I have a lot of history here and this board has helped me through quite a bit. But, lately, this place seems so out of touch with reality that I find myself coming less and less, dropping the label feminist and I find myself posting with disgust more and more.>>

and ...

<<No, I don't. But, lately, this board feels like a bad habit. I'm not sure what I gain here anymore other than something to pass the time. Maybe that will be my New Year's Resolution.>>

[Setaseba]

Feminism seems to breed in isolation which is why it flourishes in Universities and shelters. Once a woman (or man) leaves these places and actually lives among real men and women they finally begin to see that the world is done in shades of gray and not black and white. It's part of growing up I guess. Some people take a little longer.

[bluegrass]

Feminism seems to breed in isolation which is why it flourishes in Universities and shelters. Once a woman (or man) leaves these places and actually lives among real men and women they finally begin to see that the world is done in shades of gray and not black and white. It's part of growing up I guess. Some people take a little longer.

I agree and it reminds me of a line from "the Razor's Edge."  Not the book by Maugham, but the movie with Bill Murray (one of my faves).  After studying the Upanishads in isolation his character burns the book to stay warm and declares, "It is easy to be a holy man on the top of a mountain."