Freaky vibrator girl, Jill Filipovic, who had her luggage ransacked by a note-leaving TSA agent telling her to "get her freak on" has learned the agent involved has been suspended.
As sad as it is, Jill is right. She will probably forever be remembered as the masturbating feminist who brings her sex toys on trips. Lord knows I probably won't let her live it down. But does the fact that she's an attractive woman distract us from the real issue of the day: personal privacy in the age of 9/11? Only if we let it.
Here's the part that's going to get lost in all this. Let's say Jill looked like Kathryn Jean Lopez. Ugh, that would suck for her I know. But just assume for conversation that she resembled Republican "intellectuals" like Lopez. Would this story have gained any traction in the MSM whatsoever? Not a chance. Why? Because no one wants to picture Kathryn Jean Lopez with a vibrator . And that's the issue, or double standard, feminism has striven for over a century now to overcome. Sure feminism involves treating women as equal to men, no doubt about that. But it also includes treating women as equals too. So there ya go. The whole thing is still an equality debate even if all we want to do is focus on the hot girl with a vibrator.
*Update:
Sorry guys but I took the Lopez picture down that was originally published with this article. Can't do it. If you must see it, for the sake of comparison, click here.
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