Network of Enlightened Women

O'Bierne Speaks to College Antifeminists

Submitted by Coral on Monday, 6/27/2011 2:55 pm

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the sixth annual national conference of the “Network of enlightened Women” (NeW), a college conservative group that “meet[s] regularly to discuss issues relating to politics, gender and conservative principles” – sort of a politically ambitious anti-feminist book club. NeW nabbed a high-powered keynote speaker in Kate O’Bierne, a National Review editor and former VP of the Heritage Foundation. O’Bierne, the author of “Women Who Make the World Worse: and How Their Radical Feminist Assault is Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military and Sports,” spent her hour-long speech viciously bashing feminism and trying to disprove the “phoney baloney wage gap.” O’Bierne insisted that “professional feminists” will never be satisfied, and cannot “declare victory and go home” because they have no home to go to and no job to fall back on.

O’Bierne also railed against the liberal media, but noted what she saw as a silver lining: that liberals don’t know that conservatives exist, or more importantly, what they’re saying and doing. She might want to check in with Bryan Fischer.

Meanwhile, a number of NeW chapter presidents spoke about how to thank the gentlemen in their lives for being so chivalrous, how awful it is that “hookup culture” is depleting their pool of marriageable men, and how a “true beauty” self esteem workshop could be improved by adding makeup tutorials.

"Sexual Immorality" of DWTS Contestants Offset By Bristol Palin

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Tuesday, 9/7/2010 5:19 pm

Dancing with the Stars is at it again, inviting more young women with a history of sexual immorality to compete on the show -- which gets high ratings from women viewers.

Audrina Patridge, reality television star and pin-up girl, has signed on for the upcoming season, following in the footsteps of Season 7 contestant Kim Kardashian, who is known for her X-rated video tape that resulted in a reality show and modeling career.

Karin Agness of the Network of Enlightened Women thinks these kinds of deals convey a glorification of immoral behavior to young, female viewers.

"I think for some of those young women, attention and exposure is everything," Agness suggests. "When they get invited on shows like this, it just reaffirms that what they're doing is what they need to be doing in order to succeed."

In an effort to perhaps provide balance to the new season, Dancing with the Stars has also signed Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin's daughter, who became a spokesperson for abstinence after giving birth to a son when she was 17.

For the record, here is Bristol Palin being all-not-sexually-immoral: