Over at the always enjoyable
<http://posthumanmarxist.wordpress.com/>Posthuman
Marxist blog, Bonni Rambatan writes on the
phenomenon that is vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin:
For us Lacanians, the real problem is of course
how this Palin political structure is possible at
all. Slavoj iek has often meentions that the
real question of Palin is how she becomes the
first truly feminine character to enter the
political sphere were Hillary Clinton, Indira
Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, etc. not in fact
strong, masculine leaders in a female body? It is
Palin that is the first to truly mock the
phallocentrism of politics mocking not only the
dominance of men but also the masculinity of the
field of politics itself. It is here that the
Democrats failed and let the Republicans play
left. I would even go as far to claim that the
Palin phenomenon is an insult to the
much-celebrated rise of Obama and Hillary: not
only that African-Americans and women can now run
for president, but even a totally inexperienced
ex-beauty pageant can now run for vice president!
Perhaps it is not us getting more open and
tolerant; perhaps it is only the US politics that
are polished to look as if that is what is
happening by the Democrats
Palin just manifested
such paranoiia in a single blow.
Discussing Palin is a lose-lose situation for
the left from another point of view as well: Not
only did a large part of criticism from Obama
supporters come in the form of anti-progressive
and anti-feminist stereotypes, critizing her
almost inevitably leads to playing the game of
the society of the spectacle. It's not about
politics being driven by interests, it's
discussing an Internet meme. LOL, pwned.
<http://posthumanmarxist.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/sarah-palin-when-politics-go-aawww/>Link
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