But she doesn't impress everybody

I swear I didn't read this until after I posted my piece on O columnist Anna Griffin.

Oh well. 

Here's another view via a comment on the column in question:

Anna,

"great article. insightful, helpful, and maybe part of inching us forward and away from language that (in the case of 'shrill,' at least) says, 'women are inferior,' and male standards of behavior and 'style' are the norm. At the same time, thanks for not backpedaling off of your perceptions of Amanda's pros and cons, as she manages her way through budgeting, learning about the bureaus, and challenging a few of her own assumptions, as she widens her experience."

Comments

[Steve R.]

Maybe I was a little too hard on Griffin... really, it's the whole "I'm a big city opinion columnist and I'm really friggin' important" thing that bugs me. I mean, really. Most of them have little or nothing to say, at least that hasn't been said better and earlier on the blogs. I could write that crap in my sleep... but then I couldn't live with myself.

And as far as apologies go, try this on for size:

Terry, I'm sorry I called you a jerk. But you really can be a jerk sometimes. Anyway, I apologize. Just don't be a jerk, OK?

Seriously! Not only is she "not backpedaling off of [her] perceptions of Amanda's pros and cons," she's not backing off from the insult, either, or showing even the smallest smidgen of humility (which is generally expected in apologies), or articulating a nuanced understanding of the double standards women face in elected office.