Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Feministe: Not the Right Kind of Dead Girls

(A post on how war is still framed as a "father and son" phenomenon--where are the mentions/coverage of women who lose their lives, or are maimed, in the military? What would be the consequence of representations of young women maimed or killed in the current American occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan?)

Not the Right Kind of Dead Girls
by ZuZu
Feministe

You don’t have to be for the war, or even particularly pro-military to recognize that these women are doing a traditionally male job and are doing so under the most dangerous of conditions. It’s simply unacceptable that they should be swept under the rug just because they don’t fit the narrative.

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1 comment:

Allan said...

Good point. From the MSM you'd think the only important dead girl was murdered 10 years ago.