Maureen Dowd is making news again, this time for an excerpt from her new book: Are Men Necessary: When Sexes Collide. I'm proud of myself, because I noticed long ago not only had Maureen asked this question, but she answered it (hint: when it comes to the necessity of men, she's the David Spade of the Capitol One ads). Matt Yglesias, modern lefty to the core, can't recognize hate when it comes from the left or is directed at the right group. Ezra Klein, modern lefty to the core, is similarly perplexed, even while he provides evidence from Playboy to rebut her assertion that men only love stupid, spineless Barby dolls.
Let me explain the point of 99% of MoDo's writing: She hates men. It really is that simple. She hates them for not loving her, for what they've done to her and all other women. She isn't blaming feminism, she's blaming men for the failure of feminism. In MoDo-land, it's men who hold the upper hand because they force women to conform to their ideal before they have a long term relationship with them. What a shock then that she can't find a man.
