Write Your Own Caption - Markos Moulitsas Zúniga Edition

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[Lauren]

"Now that's a feminist position I can get behind. With my cock out."

[Amanda Marcotte]

Does it count as "important" if we write a diary about last night?

[Liz Smith]

We don't like pie.

[eRobin]

These women are hot, and may or may not matter but I prefer to stay focused on the big issues. Like who's ahead in fundraising for the crucial Oklahoma 28th primary race.

[Agitprop]

What's with the '84 on her shirt? Is that a subliminable message?

[JDC]

It’s disappointing to see this kind of pandering to the sanctimonious women’s studies set. Write Your Own Caption should be about electoral issues, the netroots, and Iraq. Period. I suggest you stop looking for signs of female subjugation under every rock and, instead, focus on the important shit.

[Chris Clarke]

Real lesbianics wouldn't both be staring at the camera as they make out.

[thebloodychamber]

"It’s disappointing to see this kind of pandering to the sanctimonious women’s studies set. Write Your Own Caption should be about electoral issues, the netroots, and Iraq. Period."

I totally bet that's what they're saying. You can tell, the way they glance sulkily at the camera, begging us to ignore oppression and focus on which male blogger has the biggest e-penis.

[carla]

If I show you my tits...does that mean I'm no longer objectified?

[Sheelzebub]

Political theory is hard. *Squeal!*

[Deanna]

"Political theory is hard. *Squeal!*"

You forgot to add: "Let's make cookies for the boys!"

hee hee... (from Lisa Simpson's talking Barbie...)

[Lauren]

Carla, if you show us your tits you're doing it for yourself. DAMN those feminists for their body hatred and reckless assaults against expressions of sexuality.

Hold on a moment, let me find my Mardi Gras beads...

[carla]

Carla, if you show us your tits you're doing it for yourself. DAMN those feminists for their body hatred and reckless assaults against expressions of sexuality.

Or maybe we could just concentrate on something a little higher up on the food chain...like the fact that our children are dying and/or being dismembered in a useless, lied about war. Or that the middle class are being fucked over. Or that in five years I'll probably have to fly my parents to South Korea to get decent medical care. Or...or...or...

Color me insensitively pragmatic...but frankly I have bigger fish to fry than the whipped cream laden babes on Kos.

I suppose this puts me on everyone's shit list. Not that I was ever off of it.

[manxome]

I won't sit there and judge the women's studies set um, pop culture and act as gatekeeper to what I think is "appropriate", and what isn't.

[The critique was duly noted.]

Sometimes, the best way to kill something you disagree with is to ignore it.

And when I say you, I mean you humorless, sanctimonious types. I, on the other hand, need to focus on the important $hit, like posting arrogant knee-jerk smears to make it the most $ucce$$ful ad in the history of this site.

Me, I will focus on watching two women throw pies at each other, wrestle each other in a sexy, lesbianic manner, then have water splashed on their ample, fake bosoms in every public venue possible. How dare you question my right to that.

You are free to look for signs of male victimhood under every rock.

Update: Hmm, after considering the early feedback, most people don't have a problem with my god-given right to find sexual stimulation wherever I look, but had a huge problem with the imbalance. Next on the important shit list: piss off the homosexuals who've been dragging "us" down. Be my monkey.

[norbizness]

Some of these comments don't read like captions at all.

[bellatrys]

carla, false opposition. You sound like the darkside dkossacks telling the gay posters to shut up and take it last year. There is no eitheror, there is only a continuum. And if you think they'll listen to you, if you kiss up to the powerful males, on those "bigger fish," think again. You're still a little XX slave with tits, just like the rest of us girls. Welcome to the real world - the reason why the Handmaid's Tale is so scarily accurate.

Remember, the liberal men *didn't do anything* to stop it in the book...

[Chris Clarke]

"Some of these comments don't read like captions at all."

Best. Caption. Ever.

[Sheelzebub]

Uh, Carla, it's quite possible for us to concentrate on more than one issue. And frankly, Kos' reaction to the criticism (and the reaction of many so-called progressive men) is the bigger issue here.

Why should people have any faith in a movement that claims to have their back but continually tells them they're not worth listening to?

[Agitprop]

Who are these women anyways?

[RJ Eskow]

Use us to write a caption about humorless & self-righteous feminists ... but only in a way that shows your own humorlessness and self-righteousness!

You may already be a winner!

[The Fixer]

"For only $59.95, you can see us . . ."

[media girl]

"Is your sense of importance inflating now?"

[Michael Hussey]

Roxanne, are you busting on a male blogger that's a member of the men's studies set?

[carla]

carla, false opposition. You sound like the darkside dkossacks telling the gay posters to shut up and take it last year. There is no eitheror, there is only a continuum. And if you think they'll listen to you, if you kiss up to the powerful males, on those "bigger fish," think again. You're still a little XX slave with tits, just like the rest of us girls. Welcome to the real world - the reason why the Handmaid's Tale is so scarily accurate.

I kiss up to noone. Don't mistake my position for ass kissing...you'd be dead wrong.

I'm going to write about this over the next day or two and post it on my own blog..mostly because I think it's worthy of more than what I can do here.

Further, I'm not telling anyone to "shut up and take" anything. Talk about what gets you through the day if you must. But in my opinion, the list of issue priorities is a long ass one..and this particular one falls down so far as to not be deserving of this much attention.

Uh, Carla, it's quite possible for us to concentrate on more than one issue. And frankly, Kos' reaction to the criticism (and the reaction of many so-called progressive men) is the bigger issue here.

Why should people have any faith in a movement that claims to have their back but continually tells them they're not worth listening to?

I don't see anyone saying that "they're not worth listening to". I don't see actions that warrant that either. I see disagreement in the meanings behind what's over at Kos. Just like we sometimes disagree on issues involving economics, abortion, poverty, etc. Just because we disagree on one issue does this mean I'm 'not listening' and might not 'have your back'?

Hardly.

In my view, this issue is something not worthy of our valuable bandwidth when compared to the hefty list of other things that need addressing. Yes we can multi task..but from what I've seen today..this is the thing that's capturing the so-called "feminist" crowd to the detriment of covering more pressing issues.

I imagine this gets me kicked out of feminist circles...because I'm saying we have higher priorities in which to direct our valuable time and efforts.

And frankly there's more effective ways to deal with such things than pissing and moaning on a blog.

[Michael Hussey]

Carla, I wrote about Markos's stupid post and I (gasp) have a penis. I mentioned this on Lauren's site. The fact is Markos is an asshole to people. Remember how the right got on him when he was gleeful about security personal being burnt and hung like meat in Iraq.

Markos at the DNC

So when Moulitsas and Bonham met by the door at the party, they started screaming at each other. People gathered around to watch, blocking the crowd attempting to leave. Jim Bonham is taller and stouter than Moulitsas, but Jerome Armstrong of MyDD stood behind Moulitsas, kind of grinning and shaking his head. Stirling Newberry, a blogger buddy of Moulitsas's from the Draft Clark movement, tried to act as peacemaker, but it didn't work. Nicco Mele, the official liaison between the D.C.C.C. and the blogosphere, just stood back, horrified.