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"Comedian Chelsea Handler, who does not have children, noted in a video response that even the nation’s founding president, George Washington, didn’t have biological kids (he also raised two stepchildren)."
"Other social media users were quick to note that one of the world’s most famous self-described cat ladies, Taylor Swift, wields a ton of influence among the voting public — and has yet to endorse a 2024 candidate."
"Vance’s comments are likely to alienate single women, who make up a sizable portion of the population and a key voting bloc (63% of unmarried women voted for President Biden in 2020). And that’s not to mention the millions of cat owners across the country."
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共和黨副總統候選人參議員JD Vance批評著名民主黨人是“無子的貓女士”，引發了女性的憤怒，許多人現在將這一古老的性別歧視成見作為本選季的號召。
在2021年接受福克斯新聞主持人塔克·卡爾森采訪時，當時的參議員候選人Vance抱怨美國被民主黨人、企業寡頭和“一群對自己生活和所做選擇感到痛苦的無子貓女士”統治，“所以他們想讓全國其他人也痛苦。”
“這是一個基本事實——你看看卡瑪拉·哈裏斯、皮特·布蒂吉格、AOC——民主黨的整個未來都掌握在沒有孩子的人手中，”Vance繼續說道。“我們怎麽能把國家交給那些沒有真正直接利益的人呢？”
上周，這段采訪的視頻在社交媒體上重新流傳，Vance在2021年發布的一條無關推文中也用“怪異的貓女士”作為侮辱。
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PS: Postscript*** Add-on note for my posts: 各位有緣人【總之就是正在看著屏幕的您！】，[em:3:] blessings! “己所不欲，勿施於人”，實質就是換位思考、尊重別人的利益 = decency。I wrote all my posts based on what I read online—a way of taking break, a routine of daily activity. I can't write anything without this fabric of other people's writing, an inspiration that triggers my own motivation to write. Copying/pasting the original article provides me with context to track down where I got the idea, a way to give credit back to those writers.“己所欲，施於人” (猶太人哲學) , -- - 我欣賞這種主動入世的熱度, 熱心傳播真理, 博愛美化天下蒼生。You're free to quote my writing. If you're objecting to my quotation, can you let me know so I can correct it? Thanks.
Reference: I'd credit the original source of my inspiration to write this post by citing the entire article above, only for academic/teaching purposes but not for commercial purposes—making and promoting any products. I use both URL (URL is an acronym for Uniform Resource Locator) and a reference (an address) to a resource on the Internet. A URL has two main components: Protocol identifier: For the URL http://example.com , the protocol identifier is http . Resource name: For the URL http://example.com , the resource name is example.com .) and the entire article for my electronic library's URL is drifted with time, so it's hard to find the original citation. Let me know if you're objecting to my citation of your article; I'll act accordingly. Thanks so much for your attention.
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(2018-01-12 12:25:31)下一個博觀而約取 - 長篇大論, 海闊天高, 與我相用,常一點點,一個詞,一句話, 時時勤採拮, 生言新語我心知。人的健忘靠寫下字存底,好記性不如爛筆頭。思忙維碎片,邊角料,如大海沙灘撿貝殼-勤記好問,日積月累,必有成效之時。放在網上,何地何時均能用;不似日記本,隨身隨時帶不易。https://blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/57970/201801/12236.html
POP CULTURE
JD Vance went viral for ‘cat lady’ comments. The centuries-old trope has a long tail
Edith Bouvier Beale at her home "Grey Gardens" in January 1972 in New York. A 1975 documentary by that name explores the reclusive lives of Beale and her mother, living in their dilapidated house with over 50 cats.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance’s criticism of prominent Democrats as “childless cat ladies” has unleashed fury among women, with many now reclaiming the age-old sexist trope as a call to action this election season.
In a 2021 interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, then-Senate-candidate Vance complained that the U.S. was being run by Democrats, corporate oligarchs and "a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too."
"It's just a basic fact — you look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC — the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children,” Vance continued. “And how does it make any sense that we've turned our country over to people who don't really have a direct stake in it?"
Video of the interview resurfaced on social media last week, as did an unrelated 2021 tweet in which Vance used the term “weird cat ladies” as an insult.
Video of the interview resurfaced on social media last week, as did an unrelated 2021 tweet in which Vance used the term “weird cat ladies” as an insult.
Vance was already facing scrutiny as former president Donald Trump’s newly minted running mate, in part for his stance on various family policies. He has called falling U.S. birth rates a “civilizational crisis,” and advocated in recent years that adults without children should pay higher taxes and have fewer voting rights.
And his cat lady comments — amplified online by Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign — did not land well, to say the least.
First, many took issue with the accuracy of his comments. Harris is the stepmother of two children, now in their 20s, who famously call her “Momala.”
Their biological mom, Kerstin Emhoff, has publicly decried the “baseless attacks” and credited Harris for being a “loving, nurturing, fiercely protective, and always present” co-parent over the last decade. Ella Emhoff, one of Emhoff’s daughters, also defended her stepmom in a post on social media, writing, “I love my three parents.”
And Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, whom Vance also name-checked, announced a month after that interview that he and his husband, Chasten, had become parents (to twins, we later learned).
Buttigieg told CNN last week that Vance made those comments “after Chasten and I had been through a fairly heartbreaking setback in our adoption journey.”
“He couldn’t have known that,” he added. “But maybe that’s why you shouldn’t be talking about other peoples’ children.”
Vance doubled down after backlash from both sides of the aisle
That sentiment was shared by many who were stung by Vance’s comments, including in the worlds of politics and entertainment.
Critics include former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, actor Whoopi Goldberg and TV personality Meghan McCain, who tweeted that Vance’s comments “caused real pain” and have been “activating women across all sides, including my most conservative Trump supporting friends.”
Even some conservative figures, like South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and Fox News host Trey Gowdy, have publicly shaded Vance’s remarks.
Intended targets aside, many critics see the cat lady term as an insult to the growing number of women who don’t have kids, whether by choice or not.
Gun control activist and former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011, tweeted that she and her husband, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly — whose name has been floated as a potential VP candidate — were trying to have a baby through IVF “before I was shot and that dream was stolen from us.”
“To suggest we are somehow lesser is disgraceful,” Giffords added.
Actress Jennifer Aniston, who has spoken about her own fertility struggles, wrote on social media that she hopes Vance’s daughter is lucky enough to bear children one day.
“I hope she will not need to turn to IVF as a second option,” Aniston wrote. “Because you are trying to take that away from her, too.”
Vance slammed Aniston’s remarks in an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM on Friday, saying they were “disgusting because my daughter is 2 years old” and that even if she did have fertility problems down the road, “I would try everything I could do try to help her because I believe families and babies are a good thing.”
Cats were used as a symbol of anti-suffrage propaganda, but reclaimed by some suffragists. A century later, some voters see Vance's "cat lady" comments as a call to mobilize.
Vance defended his comments on Kelly’s show, saying he was not criticizing people who don’t have children, but rather the Democratic Party for being “anti-family and anti-child.”
Vance’s comments are likely to alienate single women, who make up a sizable portion of the population and a key voting bloc (63% of unmarried women voted for President Biden in 2020). And that’s not to mention the millions of cat owners across the country.
Comedian Chelsea Handler, who does not have children, noted in a video response that even the nation’s founding president, George Washington, didn’t have biological kids (he also raised two stepchildren).
“I’d like to remind you that no president in the history of the United States has ever been a mother,” Handler added.
She vowed that “all us childless cat and dog ladies are going to go from childless and crushing it to childless and crushing you in November.”
Other social media users were quick to note that one of the world’s most famous self-described cat ladies, Taylor Swift, wields a ton of influence among the voting public — and has yet to endorse a 2024 candidate.
