In the wake of that painful ABC News interview, I'm glad to see feminists are shifting the discussion of Sarah Palin from the political-is-only-personal question of whether it's okay for a mother with an infant to pursue a high-powered job. Answer: Sure, although that's hardly a choice facing most mothers. For most of us, it's a question of exactly when the rent money is due and will my no-power job cover it once I send the baby to daycare.
Let's move on to the real issue: whether our society properly supports mothers so they can freely choose whether and when to take a paid job after giving birth. Oh yeah, and then there's the matter of whether to give birth, and Palin's cruel support for subjecting victims of incest or rape to forced childbirth.
That's just the shift Women Against Sarah Palin are pushing. And of course the trusty Katha Pollitt.
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