Margaret Cho, Misogyny and Feminism

So Margaret Cho is catching a lot of flack for her post concerning Sarah Pallin. Now, let me go ahead and say that yes, this post is misogynous. Yes, Margaret Cho was crude and crass and unladylike, and yes, in addition to being a smart, independent, successful women who happens to be a mother (and completely fucking ridiculous in her beliefs) Pallin is also incredibly attractive. I doubt I would do dirty things to her, because her personality totally turns me off, but I get where everyone is coming from.

I would also like to say that yes, it pisses me off when the only thing people have to talk about concerning Pallin is how she looks. I was watching the Letterman show yesterday (ya know, when he was pissed McCain bailed on him and so he had to lash out at our Republican candidate any way possible) and his music guy (why are they letting this guy talk anyway?) was all like “yeah, Sarah Pallin is hot. har har har”. It’s ridiculous and offensive and worst of all, it’s unoriginal and unintelligent.

However, in this case, it’s MARGARET FUCKING CHO yo. She has made her living off being a female shock jock if you will. She talks about being a lesbian, pussy, orgasms, sex, gay men, lube and any other sexually driven taboos the Western world knows (maybe even the Eastern when she takes it home). This is what she does. It’s not always intelligent comedy like George Carlin, but it is meant to shock, appall and make one think. I don’t agree with what Margaret Cho says, but I wasn’t surprised by it or disappointed. She’s doing her thing in a way only Cho knows how. Thus I say this Miss Cho:

Rock it, girl. Do your thang. Make your point and be true to yourself. Don’t backtrack just because a couple of people call you names and disagree. I mean, come on girl, isn’t that the whole point of what you’re doing? Aren’t you all about being outrageous and fabulous? And did you seriously do the whole “well she did it first and it’s /worse/ than what I said!” thing? Really? Margaret! You’re so much better than that. I think this response would definitely result in a “we don’t speak English” from your parents.