EXCLUSIVE:
Abbott’s daughters can’t win in white
B.P. Terpstra
The feminist Van Badham claims that, “Australians got to see a lot of the Abbott daughters, usually dressed in white, over the course of the campaign.” Which raises two questions: where’s the evidence. And, does it matter anyway?
I do feel that some commentators are trying just a tad too hard.
For example, Research Fellow in the Centre for Memory, Imagination and Invention at Deakin University, Dr Michelle Smith, describes Abbott’s recent victory speech as “striking” because his three daughters were “co-ordinated in white dresses.” Seriously.
As the clearly imaginative Smith saw things, “Though the short hemlines and tight fit would be out of place at a Catholic First Communion, the connotations of religious faith and female moral purity were unmistakeable.”
Writing for The Guardian, Jeff Sparrow observed that “the Abbott offspring” (his term) “were front and centre at” the “Liberal victory party, parading in virginal white.”
Still, what choices did they have now? Harlot red? Whorish green? Butch brown? Girly-girl pink? Of course, Laborites wear just plain white, but young Liberal women parade around in “virginal white” stress pop psychologists.
Reminding us yet again that left-wing women are good at putting other women down, News Limited’s Tory Shepherd tweeted, “Abbott daughters all in white AGAIN! Is it a virginal thing???”
For the Abbott women must not wear white, unless they have permission from the hard-Left. After all, it could be construed as both sexual and anti-sexual, kind of like being both anti-religious and religious at the same time.
Not to be outdone, however, web editor, Ben Cohen tweeted: “Abbott’s daughters in matching white virginal dresses is like watching some Mormon convention. But worse.” Yet, like most critics, he didn’t suggest what they should wear and why.
Underpinning so many of these criticisms, are, of course, deeply held prejudices against both religious parents and their children, regardless of their personal positions. Indeed, it’s a feature of our establishment.
They could have congratulated Abbott on his historical victory. Instead, they chose to attack his daughters revealing their own gender issues in the process.
They could have congratulated Abbott’s daughters for joining Tony’s campaign. Instead, they mocked them, as if they were expected to remain behind closed doors. You see, nothing succeeds like hypocrisy in establishment circles. But where’s the outrage?
How shallow can you get? Oh that's right, they are socialists, their inability to get to grasp with anything deep and meaningful is well established, and this puerile crap is all the proof you need for confirmation.
Posted by: Jim Witt | October 11, 2013 at 09:54 AM
Never mind. That's just sour grapes.
Posted by: Carol | October 11, 2013 at 10:44 AM
oh it's going to continue my friends, after 3 years of your endless sooking over the minority government and outright attacks on Gillard and Rudd for their personal lives, choices, policies and who they are and who their families are - be prepared for some return fire!
BTW those girls either:
a) have no communication skills to know what the other was planning to wear
b) thought it might be a fun joke to play on dad
c) actually wanted to look like a bunch of pre-sacrifice virgins
d) all of the above.
Posted by: pk | October 11, 2013 at 12:40 PM
or e) they simply look good
Posted by: Janet | October 11, 2013 at 02:51 PM
Thats good pk. We want you to type what you just typed, and more often too. Paranoid drivel, It looks good on you. As always, we want you to keep talking, everytime you do you burn off another potential leftie, because crap quotes like the authors Ben refer to, are an embaressment to independent thought. Gillard and Kev made their own beds, as politicians, voters are entitled to make judgements on all the points you mentioned. Something in your tone suggests we didn't expect it to happen both ways. Wrong....and we will take great delight in pointing it out. I don't think anyone ever attacked uncle Kev's kids in the same way Abbots kids are . Funny isnt it, Tory's the reason I don't read Murdoch press......but the irony may be too much for you to process. You've been practising your small minded, devoid of original thought, trolling here for years now. I hope it helps your self confidence, because its really not helping your side of politics.
Posted by: Mike | October 11, 2013 at 06:07 PM
Agreed mike-The longer bad pathetic losers like pk keep thinking the drivel just written the longer conservatives will have in power to fix the lefts fuck ups of the last 6 years. Truly delusional.
The sad part is not if, but when, Australian's will forget how bad and incompetent the left of politics really and vote for them again once the damage to our financial systems and international relationships has been fixed. Whether it's 9,12 or 15 years , the left won't ever bring themselves closer to the centre due to their unwavering belief in their own moral superiority-deluded as it is.
Posted by: kraka | October 12, 2013 at 01:07 PM