Date: January 4th, 2006 11:22 PM Author: chest-beating fighting trailer park pocket flask
whatever, i think it's fair too, i mean she puts all this stuff up on the net herself, it's inviting scrutiny. in some sense, such people want it to feed their attention whore desires.
Date: January 4th, 2006 11:18 PM Author: Passionate incel
blogs are boring as hell, except for maybe like 5 in the whole world. it suggests that someone thinks very highly of themselves to blog too (although I didn't bother to read this girl's blog, so I'm not saying her specifically, just bloggers in general). I just don't have the attention span for it.
IRL people have witty thing to say, he write book and get published, internet people have thing to say he write blog and have teenage girls leave comments.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:16 AM Author: Razzle smoky travel guidebook volcanic crater
She's almost certainly a limited purpose public figure within the Gertz framework. I can't imagine a court finding otherwise, given that for the past year she's spouted off on political issues to a potential audience of millions.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:14 AM Author: Razzle smoky travel guidebook volcanic crater
Well, if you really believe that then I think you're making the same mistake the commentators made on Jill's blog. While she might be taking Jill's "side," it's only in a very narrow sense, by saying that xo is pretty damn critical when it comes to physical attractiveness and tends to be most critical when critiquing outsiders/enemies and least critical when dealing with active well-liked posters (and come on, is anyone really going to claim that there isn't at least some truth in that statement?). Her post is thus far the most fair blog post I've seen on this issue.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:10 AM Author: Razzle smoky travel guidebook volcanic crater
How? If anything she's the only blogger who hasn't completely misconstrued the site. I quote:
"At least some of the posters on the board are actual admitted and current students at elite law schools. I posted on XOXOHTH and its predecessor board as an admit and (very occasionally) as an HLS student. So did several other HLSers and YLSers of my acquaintance. It's actually a very useful resource during periods where time-sensitive announcements are being made, like law firm recruiting, admissions, and law review decisions."
As for the rest, it's just fair criticism. This, for example, I agree with for the most part:
"The board participants commonly praise as attractive women who are useful members of the community and run down outsiders/political opponents as unattractive with almost no correlation to actual appearances."
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:20 AM Author: Iridescent histrionic faggotry background story
Well, I wasn't really arguing that, but it's funny that you cite a relatively favorable comment as evidence that the site is construed correctly there.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:23 AM Author: Razzle smoky travel guidebook volcanic crater
Well, how was it incorrectly construed? I've read the post multiple times and don't see anything that stands out as horribly inaccurate (in contrast to the Feministe posts where virtually everything I read about the site was blatantly wrong or misleading).
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:19 AM Author: Razzle smoky travel guidebook volcanic crater
Not really. Remember, pretty much every blogger who responded to Leiter's juvenile tirades against us took our side. Same when Leiter tried to out Juan Non-Volokh.
And even in this situation, this HLS blogger is greatly distancing herself from most of Jill's positions and taking a very moderate stance that's pretty difficult to disagree with (which of you wants to make the argument that xo isn't harsh when critiquing looks?). Also don't forget that Mens News Daily blogger went against Jill. However most bloggers probably (correctly) don't give a shit about this fiasco.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:20 AM Author: Razzle smoky travel guidebook volcanic crater
Agreed. Some blogs are pretty damn good, but unfortunately 99% of them are pretty damn bad. There was an interesting article about this on townhall.com a week or so ago actually.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:25 AM Author: Razzle smoky travel guidebook volcanic crater
Maybe I'm completely misreading the post, but I don't see how she said we suck. She criticized us (rather accurately) on an extremely narrow issue, and said that otherwise it's actually a very useful resource.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:14 AM Author: Vibrant Elastic Band
Why do you want me to email you personal facts? And which facts: Who you dated? Where you clerk?
I knew you'd come here and post, and my point was proven that you were defending Jill even though your brand of feminism isn't as hypocritical hers (you don't spend hours putting on makeup before a Steinem rally).
This site has very discriminating tastes, and you blogging about it just to defend a female feminist, per se, is itself, distasteful and attention-whoring.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:28 AM Author: razzmatazz roast beef bbw
Why? I was curious about who you were and what personal facts you apparently find so psychologically revealing. You obviously went to/attend HLS and don't like me very much, but that doesn't really narrow it down. Lots of people know who I dated and where I clerk, so that doesn't help either.
I find this site sometimes useful and sometimes distasteful. If you don't like my opinion, don't read my boring, poorly designed, low-traffic blog.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:34 AM Author: Vibrant Elastic Band
First, I don't hate you at all. If I did, I'd reveal whatever I wanted to do without regard for what the vultures here would do to you. I have no problem with you.
The quibble I have is that you took the cheap, common target, XOXO has misogynist posters and are using it to presumably to widen your audience. I never said your blog is crap; I said balkanization is the only one I find worthwhile. There's a large distinction since I do much that isn't worthwhile.
The reason you posted this is because you felt you had to add something to the Jill H crap that's so against XOXO so as to confirm some weird notion of what you think it means to be a feminist.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:46 AM Author: razzmatazz roast beef bbw
Didn't say you hated me. I think I know who you are now.
If I were really trying to widen my audience, I would have spammed Hugo, Jill, and Amanda's comments sections and trackbacks to get people to look at my post, which probably would have backfired, since I didn't virulently attack the board.
I actually posted this because, despite the conflict between the behavior of some people on the board and my notions of what it means to be a feminist, I wanted to post a qualified defense of XOXOHTH. You were being, in some respects, unfairly characterized. Presumably my post was mostly ineffective, since I did not do the aforementioned spamming, but as you pointed out I have a clerkship and thus other work to do.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:53 AM Author: Stirring yarmulke
I tought she took a fair and measured approach to the whole subject. You're either trying to piss this woman off or you have some serious issues with "feminism". By "feminism" I mean women.
Maybe I'm mistaking you for someone else, but I seem to remeber you being a decent poster.
Date: January 5th, 2006 12:53 AM Author: Underhanded Boyish Nowag
"4. Jill at Feministe is objectively not fat or ugly, for whatever that's worth. I don't know her, but I'm not blind. "
dood why do you dumb bitches take everyhting people say so fucking literally? can you not take a fucking joke? Holy shit, no wonder you're stuck in law. Kill yourself.
Date: January 5th, 2006 2:40 AM Author: Iridescent histrionic faggotry background story
I think she's quite attractive there, and has an intelligent face; but the red overcoat and bizarre headgear look like a casting call for Designing Women. Very TTT. That said, I obviously can't tell what her body is like through the clothes, and so can't assess as I proposed to in an earlier post.