Well, I'm Back

I really tried not to look at the political news for the past week and a half, and I was mostly successful, and it was pretty great. A few things managed to penetrate my ridigly defended Sphere of Avoidance, virtually all of which were terrible (with one notable exception!), and of course I've returned to see feminist comedian Michelle Wolf being viciously attacked for mocking White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders' appearance, which she did not even do.

Like, I bet you didn't even know that a sitting Republican congressman (Sensenbrenner) said that FLOTUS Obama had a big ass. He did. And there was less press coverage of that than a comedian referencing eyeshadow while correctly observing that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a liar.

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) April 30, 2018

Not only did the press fail utterly to get lathered in defense of Michelle Obama when the stakes were far higher, but let's be honest that a male comedian would never be criticized the way Wolf has, especially for the reasons she's being criticized.

I love (cough) watching a bunch of male journalists get a case of the vapors about a feminist comedian's "vulgarity." They're more angry about @michelleisawolf saying the word pussy than they've ever been about the president (and many of their own colleagues) grabbing pussy.

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) April 30, 2018

It's really just perfect that Wolf is being vilified in profoundly misogynist ways, while being accused of engaging in misogyny when she didn't.

Welcome the fuck home to me. And off we go.