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poliphiloI'm slowly catching up on the convention. The BBC are showing looped highlights on their Parliamentary Channel.
Yesterday I watched Teresa Heinz Kerry. I'm sorry, but it's hard not to hear that as Heinz Ketchup- especially since the name is displayed on screen with the Heinz bit- the famous logo- dead centre.
And isn't there something slightly creepy about still dragging your dead husband's name around with you after remarriage?
A woman defined by the men in her life- the ones she's slept with, the ones she's given birth to- those wholesome, handsome sons.
And if she says anything off her own bat she's "opinionated". I liked her defence of herself on that charge, carrying the attack to the enemy. But isn't the whole enterprise, the parading of oneself as mother and sexual partner, just a little demeaning?
Look at me; See what a healthy womb I've got!
Yesterday I watched Teresa Heinz Kerry. I'm sorry, but it's hard not to hear that as Heinz Ketchup- especially since the name is displayed on screen with the Heinz bit- the famous logo- dead centre.
And isn't there something slightly creepy about still dragging your dead husband's name around with you after remarriage?
A woman defined by the men in her life- the ones she's slept with, the ones she's given birth to- those wholesome, handsome sons.
And if she says anything off her own bat she's "opinionated". I liked her defence of herself on that charge, carrying the attack to the enemy. But isn't the whole enterprise, the parading of oneself as mother and sexual partner, just a little demeaning?
Look at me; See what a healthy womb I've got!
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Date: 2004-07-31 10:20 am (UTC)On the other hand, everyone knows that Teresa Heinz Kerry told someone to "shove it," though even there, the context was missing. Except for a brief reference on MSNBC, none of the transcripts I've read mention that the target of her ire works for Richard Mellon Scaife, a billionaire who financed smear campaigns against the Clintons - including accusations of murder. (CNN did mention Mr. Scaife on its Web site, but described him only as a donor to "conservative causes.") And viewers learned nothing about Mr. Scaife's long vendetta against Mrs. Heinz Kerry herself.
it takes an op-ed column to tell the whole truth about the exchange. sad, huh? actually the whole piece is worth reading, as it's about exactly this issue of trivialization in the media.
Triumph of the Trivial