| By Matt Zeitlin - Jan 10th, 2008 at 3:23 am EST |
| Also listed in: Campus Progress Blog |
If you want a nice anecdote for how Clinton is appealing to gender solidarity, search for "Just a Girl" on Youtube; the first result is the clip from the New Hampshire Democratic debate where Clinton talked about how her low likability ratings "hurts her feelings" and Obama subsequently quipped "you're likable enough." The video was put up by the Clinton campaign on YouTube, and they presumably paid for the top spot.
So, is Clinton trying to appeal to women born between 1977 and 1982 who really liked Clueless and Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion? The song, incidentally, is both awesome and a very effective statement for the Clinton campaign. Here are some lyrics:
Oh...I've had it up to here!
Oh...am I making myself clear?
I'm just a girl
I'm just a girl in the world...
That's all that you'll let me be!
I'm just a girl, living in captivity
Your rule of thumb
Makes me worry some
I'm just a girl, what's my destiny?
What I've succumbed to Is making me numb
I'm just a girl, my apologies
What I've become is so burdensome
I'm just a girl, lucky me
Twiddle-dum there's no comparison
Unfortunately, I don't expect Barack Obama to buy video placement on searches for "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud."
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I just want to say that if she does appeal to gender solidarity, it's great news. As a college girl I can tell you that gender solidarity is down the toilet and that's bad news for men and women. In a country that has not ratified CEDAW and that is lagging behind all the other western countries in gender equality, it is stupid to think we are "gender-free". Of course I'd like a woman in the oval office (if she is progressive enough). It would be stupid of me (as a woman) and even for a man to want to miss the opportunity to include half of the population which has not had access to high positions of power. It might not be so bad to have more women involved in our government. in fact we would be a crippled nation otherwise. same thing goes for race.