no pomo

Feminism sailed over men’s heads and out of their ballpark, leaving them stunned in the dust of their antiquated thinking. “Hey”, they cried, “those chicks are getting all the attention and we’re getting left out!” “How”, they wondered, “can we make what is BEYOND US, ABOUT US?” And faster than you can say “postmodern social constructionism” they went to France and came back with “Gender/Queer” theory to replace “Women’s Studies”, like “replacement worker” was replacing “scab”, “pre-owned” was replacing “used”, and “ethnic cleansing” was replacing “genocide”.

After twenty centuries of men-only focusing only on men, they now were forced to face women, to whom they then said, “Okay, enough about us. What do YOU think about us?” Some women felt that life was too short and they couldn’t be bothered.

Some women believed that men could use “Gender” and “Queer” to change their bad behavior, so they made an effort to help. And some women saw how they could use “Gender” and “Queer” to make careers and they helped themselves. Enter Camille Paglia, Katie Roiphe, Judith Butler and swarms of tenure-track restorationists who, capitalizing upon men’s terror, hastened to the rescue, putting the grateful men at ease, and the brains of a generation to sleep

‘Deconstruct This!’ Alix Dobkin. 1998.