It is my profound hope that she finds running for president a well-reasoned choice for herself. One gets the impression that all of her decisions stem from deep thought. But one never feels as though she allows her emotions to run the show. I think one of the reasons Nikki Haley is appealing to people across the political spectrum is that she not only refuses to disown her femininity, but she often uses softness to make tough points. There are many positive aspects of femininity that women can bring to public life. Like, socialism is actually short for social media. It’s toxic femininity, potentially far more dangerous than toxic masculinity.Ī recent parody of AOC by an 8-year-old was pitch perfect: “I also want to talk about socialism because socialism is so amazing. Forget the strong, empowered women of “Pitch Perfect.” Today, young girls see that the women getting all the attention are weak and irresponsible (many in the #MeToo movement), cognitively challenged, prone to emotional outbursts, and totally cool about being reduced to their attractiveness. The most lasting damage of all of this, though, may be on women. Ilhan Omar to the recent UC Berkeley student government meeting, where lies about Jews and Israel showed a breathtaking normalization - seem to bother no one on the left, from editors to administrators. And the profound ignorance that has resulted from this - from unconscionable articles in The New Yorker that uncategorically defend Rep. One could argue that the entire “social justice” movement today is built on emotional reasoning: Facts are irrelevant, feelings = reality, words = violence. “Congress is too old,” she felt compelled to tell Elite Daily. And yet Ocasio-Cortez gleefully employs it. Coined in the 1970s by Aaron Beck, the founder of cognitive therapy, emotional reasoning is the process of concluding that your emotional reaction proves something is true.Įmotional reasoning is actually a huge problem for many women, leading to serious issues, most notably depression. Far more dangerous is her glorification of emotional reasoning.
The fact that AOC has rebooted a looks-based judgment of women is sadly the least of the problems. But we all know that AOC would not be sitting in Congress right now if some men hadn’t found her attractive. They love her because she tries to spout politics they agree with. Of course, they don’t love her just because they find her attractive. “We all know that AOC would not be sitting in Congress right now if some men hadn’t found her attractive.” Their comments could be summed up in this one: “She’s hot leave her alone.” It was, as Alexander would put it, cringey.īut my progressive male friends took offense at my daring to call this out. A few weeks ago, I re-posted a video of AOC rambling. The irony is that progressives, in order to continue to embrace AOC, are now fully reveling in sexism. No, the problem is that we went from pantsuit nation to the glorification of ditziness. Feminism never intended for women to give up our femininity. In fact, it’s a vast improvement over the idea that women had to be neutered to be taken seriously. I should say at the outset that the fact that she fully owns her style and sexuality is not the problem. With this in mind, I continue to shake my head at the progressive embrace of women like Rep. The fact is, women, just like blacks, Jews, Muslims and every other group, need to see strong, proud and effective representations of themselves - it is a key component of empowerment.
Using music as their fuel, the Bellas find themselves and their strengths, both as individuals and as a group.Īside from loving the signature non-conformity, the films reminded me of the importance of strong female role models. The films, which follow an a cappella group called the Bellas through college, are essentially an ode to female empowerment. My son, Alexander, and I recently discovered the “Pitch Perfect” trilogy. We belong to the light we belong to the thunder.
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