A Feminist Hawk in the Big City

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
March 1, 2010

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/705/feminist-hawk-in-the-big-city

Excerpt:

As earthquakes, tsunamis, snowstorms, mudslides, and jihad devastate our planet, I sit here reading and writing. My arrows are words, mere words, but as they say, "the pen is mightier than the sword." Trite, but true. Today, after a hellish week of overturned cars, fallen trees, losses of power (both political and electrical), and huge piles of snow, Manhattan is deceptively quiet, almost spring-like.

But David Swindle—long may he reign!–has made my day. He is the editor over at NewsReal Blog (NRB), an offshoot of Frontpage Magazine. Mr. Swindle has initiated a new feature which he calls "Feminist Hawks." In it, he defends my honor. Apparently, the New York Times named David Horowitz as the main, or as the only Feminist Hawk. Swindle (in Horowitz's employ) now points out that it was sexist not to name me, since I am, veritably, the "Godmother" of Feminist Hawkdom and that to discuss this subject without naming me is "an unacceptable injustice akin to ignoring Albert Einstein were one talking about physics."

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