Comments on: On Helen Gurley Brown, Traitor to Womanity

By: Kenji Fuse

Kenji Fuse — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:46:33 +0000

It is now Aug. 12, 2012 and this piece is the ONLY piece easily accessible (if you can call googling for over 20 minutes easy!) the interweb questioning the validity of bestowing the honorific moniker ‘feminist’ on HGB.
Boy, corporate success sure buys a legacy – HGB was definitely a man’s feminist – just not this man!

By: Miss Nell

Miss Nell — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:18:45 +0000

Good God. Helen Gurley Brown left her archives to Smith…and they accepted them?

Piece of advice, alma mater? Don’t go telling folks that. It’s not a selling point.

By: Naomi Wolf on Helen Gurley Brown - The Pursuit of Harpyness

Naomi Wolf on Helen Gurley Brown - The Pursuit of Harpyness — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:19:56 +0000

[...] going to have to sit a feminist shiva and declare Naomi Wolf dead to me. Because y’all know how I feel about Helen Gurley Brown, Traitor to Womanity. (Hint: she is to feminism as Budweiser is to Alcoholics [...]

By: » Festive Friday Search Terms The Pursuit of Harpyness

» Festive Friday Search Terms The Pursuit of Harpyness — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:16:56 +0000

[...] “helen gurley brown feminist”– EPIC FAIL [...]

By: romastrega

romastrega — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:56:01 +0000

Can I just say after seeing the insane comments over on the Jez thread regarding HGB, I am very thankful that I have you Harpies. xxxxxxxxxx

By: Blind Irish Pirate

Blind Irish Pirate — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:39:56 +0000

I have never been able to tastefully communicate my hatred towards Cosmo the way you ladies have – in fact, it is what first attracted me to your blog. Please, please continue.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:57:57 +0000

@Latoya: I know it seems harmless, and maybe it is to women like us b/c it slides off our feminism-plated armor. But that shit is served up in all seriousness and it’s taken seriously by young women and has been for decades. I find that alarming. If a male publisher were pushing it instead of HGB, we’d be up in arms.

And HGB may seem harmless with her girlfriendy purring, but remember: even the devil can quote Scripture to suit his purpose!

By: Latoya

Latoya — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:42:37 +0000

Oh, Harpies.

Forgive me, mothers, for I must confess a feminist sin.

I kind of heart Helen Gurley Brown. In the same way I feel like Cosmo is the Onion for Feminists, I’ve enjoyed long hours in the tub laughing with all of HGBs books.

I know, it’s wrong, Becky’s analysis is absolutely spot-on. I guess I just picture her purring at people and calling them pussycats while extolling the virtues of calorie restriction using your age as a guide with a straight face and I can’t help but crack up.

By: vegkitty

vegkitty — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:29:58 +0000

I read Cosmo for the lulz. I think I’ll start getting it secondhand, though, since I’m not 100% comfortable supporting the magazine financially.

Also, I want to (someday) buy out PlayGirl and make it the feminist answer to Cosmo. Who’s with me?

By: RaeRae25

RaeRae25 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:58:48 +0000

Ladies! Let us kneel at the altar of the Almighty Penis! Let us rejoice and give thanks for its gift of semen! Let us show this gratitued by adorning our faces!