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Shocking! Jonathan Last at The

Shocking! Jonathan Last at The Weekly Standard does an article on blogs and what do we see. . . Instapundit, Andrew Sullivan, and Joshua Marshall get top billing. Where are the women? Where is the empowered, inclusive community we dreamed of, back when web browsers were all natural native crafts made out of macrame and organic produce by underprivileged third world women? Well, once the big corporations invaded our precious space, it should have been obvious that the white male power structure couldn't be far behind. Just as in any Capitalist Imperialist system, the rich and famous get richer and famouser, while poor, honest working people like me get the shaft. Could Last spare a precious few words of column space for a fine woman blogger like myself? No, not him -- he was too busy reinforcing the pernicious stereotype that only men are interesting or have important things to say. Oh, I know some people will say that the reason Jonathan Last didn't mention me is that he's never heard of me, or that I'm not as funny and interesting as Sullivan, Reynolds, or Marshall. That just goes to show that they're trapped in the patriarchalist paradigm, espousing "rules" that serve to reinforce the hierarchical, androcentric structure of the Blogosphere.

Well, I'll show Last. I'm going on a fast until I'm mentioned in his column. But since it might be a long fast, and I don't want to contribute to the perpetuation of the White Male Power Structure with my early demise, I'll still be eating enough calories to maintain life. At a healthy weight, I mean. In fact, some people who haven't been radically empowered might call it more of a reducing diet. Or just "eating right". But you can bet your copy of The Feminist's Guide to Saving the Earth that not one piece of Auntie Em's Organic Coffee Cake will pass these lips until this weblog appears at the Weekly Standard Online.