The trolls over at Politico are hard at it. A piece byMichelle Cottle about FLOTUS and feminismhas lots of folks riled up. It claims that Michelle O (remember Jackie O?) is feminism’s worst nightmare because of the issues she’s chosen to emphasize. Lots of pundits have risen to the bait and denounced Ms. Cottle as a varmint, rustler, and all around pain in the ass. I’m not going to do that because Politico is a gossip sheet (that’s why Charlie Pierce calls it Tiger Beat on the Potomac) that is written by and for trolls.
I do, however, have one substantive comment. I was under the impression that feminism was about women having the right to make their own choices and not to have other people tell them what to do. Michelle O has chosen to focus on education, nutrition, and other rug rat related areas, which is her right. If that’s Michelle Cottle’s nightmare, so be it. I won’t be the one to use a verbal cottle prod on the Other Michelle because I know trolling when I see it, and I never feed trolls. Never.
That is all.