I thought this was pretty interesting debate. If you missed it, I first read about all of this on the Angry Black Woman Site.
Gloria Steinem writes an editorial about "How women are never Front-Runners" and frames Hilary's loss in terms of misogyny.
On Democracy Now, Melissa Harris-Lacewell debates with her about the issues of the campaign and her opinion article.
I think she brings up a salient issue--basically, how the old guard feminist movement are recreating the same tired politics that they've had for years--basically fighting only for the rights of privileged white women while ignoring issues of race. It's hard as a feminist to see many mainstream feminist groups discount racism in this country and act as if not voting for Hilary is a vote reinforcing the patriarchy. On the other hand, it's equally depressing seeing some white women pat themselves on the back for supporting Obama and saying how they've decided that it's the time to address race, since it's more important than gender, when it reinforces the status quo to establish hierarchies of oppression and divide and conquer. On the other hand, you can't ignore the feminist movement's history of marginalizing all women of color and poor and working class white women.
I've supported Obama, largely because of his message and he's less tied to the establishment than Hilary.
Edited, Feb 21st 2008 1:37pm by Annabella