AlexTDNov 8, 2024
Catherynne M. Valente

It’s probably worth pointing out that MANY (not all obviously) first women to be elected to lead their nations are conservatives, not leftists.

Conservatives are perfectly willing to support a woman, as long as she promises she’s not like other girls & will uphold their systems of control.

They get freaked out by the double hit of woman + liberal change.

It’s not that Americans won’t elect a woman. They might—just not a Democratic one.

Nov 8, 2024 at 2:10pmWeb
Show threadMab_813Nov 8, 2024

@Catvalente

Reminds me of the time Georgia Meloni became Italy's prime minister and then some people were like "Why don't feminists congratulate her??"

Show threadResunaNov 8, 2024

@Catvalente

What gets me is how not-leftist the D ticket has been since, um, I think Carter? You don't get more "the man" than Attorney General.

Show threadanubis2814Nov 8, 2024
@resuna @Catvalente For 24 years from Nixon to Bush, Republicans ruled the white house. Carter only won because of watergate. Carter only won 4 states against Reagan and 2 other progressive candidates literally only won 1 state. That was pretty loud and clear that people wanted neoliberalism
Show threadCatherynne M. ValenteNov 8, 2024
@resuna …because we couldn’t win an election after Carter until third way Clinton.
Show threadcharlesNov 8, 2024
@Catvalente Biden still has about 2 months to resign and make Kamala the first female president, and mess up all that "47" merch in the process.
Show thread✨pencilears✨Nov 8, 2024
@Catvalente I do not want American Margaret Thatcher
Show thread@martlund 🌲🐶🇸🇪🇨🇱🌈Nov 8, 2024
@Catvalente and somehow she must appeal to the uneducated
Show threadmuninnhuginnNov 8, 2024
@Catvalente You just have to look to the UK to see the truth of that: we got Maggie, May, Truss all on the right. Never seen a female Labour politician given a shout at party leadership and possibly becoming PM. Works with race too: non-white Tory PM, never a non-white Labour leader/PM
Show threadfritzoidsNov 8, 2024

@Catvalente

at the end of the Merkel-era it was exhausting and annoying defending her decisions ("we can take in Syrian refugees", "we can protect people from a pathogen") from the people who had voted for her party.

Show threadRyan KingNov 8, 2024
@Catvalente in 2016 I remember saying “wow, I thought that first women president world be a republican but I guess Hillary is gonna prove me wrong….” And then having a very grim election party.
Show threadAlex KourvoNov 8, 2024
@Catvalente See also: Amy Coney Barrett