Real Feminism

For John, BLUF:  There are real feminist issues out there and real inequalities, at home and abroad, but sometimes it is hard to sort them out from the dross.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Here, from The Washington Examiner, is an article by Reporter Ashe Schow, "Ayaan Hirsi Ali destroys American 'feminism' by discussing the real war on women".  Ayaan Hirsi Ali?  Yes, that troublemaker, MsAyaan Hirsi Ali.  The woman who was collaborating with the late Theo van Gogh.  Remember van Gogh, who was shot and then had his throat cut by Mohammed Bouyeri, ten years ago this month.  Why yes, it does remind one of the ritual sacrifices carried out by Da'ish thugs and reported as "executions".

At any rate, Ms Ayaan Hirsi Ali was speaking at the Independent Women’s Forum Women of Valor dinner.  Here is the lede from the article:

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a harsh critic of Islam’s treatment of women, said Wednesday that modern American feminism is focused on “trivial bullshit” and needs to be reclaimed.

One of the things she was talking about was the brouhaha over the shirt being worn by the chap who controlled the lander Philae:

“What we are now doing with the victory, and I agree with you if you condemn that and I condemn whole-heartedly the trivial bullshit it is to go after a man who makes a scientific breakthrough and all that we as women — organized women — do is to fret about his shirt?”  Hirsi Ali said, referring to the controversy generated by the shirt featuring cartoons of scantily-clad women worn by the scientist who helped land a robot on a comet.  “We must reclaim and retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women.”

This was referring to one of the European Space Agency people responsible for the Rosetta space probe and its lander, Philae, which descended to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko earlier this month.  His shirt was not PC.

Hat tip to the Instapundit.

Regards  —  Cliff