Harvard Political Blogs: Crazy Informative, With a Touch of Anti-Semitism
Harvard easily outdoes all the other Ivies in the depth and variety of her political blogs. There's really no contest -- these kids went to Harvard for a reason: to blog politics like there's no party tomorrow (and there's not). Let's take a look at a few.
Bikini Politics, which boasts "the body-politic will never be the same," is run by Harvard grad student Paloma Zepeda. It's not so much a women's issues blog as a news blog in the inflection of women's issues. We all know what that means.
The Harvard International Review covers such topics as the "history of suffering in Poland," while Immigration Orange covers such topics as recently embattled migrant Pedro Zapeta. I have no clue what's going on at Team Zebra ("We spent nine days last October trying to bring two zebras to Harvard Yard. This somehow justifies our existence."), but it seems to be unfortunately defunct at this point anyway.
We've written on the inimitable Gadfly before (sample post:"Semi-circle? It's those damned Muslims"). Cambridge Commons also seems to be kind of important (sample post: "Let's Give Ben AffleckMore Credit").
Dem Apples, the official blog of the Harvard College Democrats, is informative and well-updated (sample post: "Andy Card: the Man, the Myth, the Legend"). Maybe even too well-updated -- the last post on the front page dates from October 29!
But let's hope for the sake of the Harvard College Republicans that RedIvy is not their official blog (sample post: "Why I F-ing Hate Communists (and why you should, too)"). Other posts sing the praises of Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity. But this one ("Israel to World: 'We Support Genocide') by Frances Martel is my favorite. Criticizing Israel for refusing to take in Darfugees (so far, so good), Martel channels the cliff-notes to the The Merchant of Venice and writes:
No one should deny another the help they begged on their knees for not even a century ago. No one should deny life and safety to anyone else when they themselves live only through the magnanimity of another. But I guess the result is to be expected when one lives through "eye for an eye" rather than "turn the other cheek".
What a "magnanimous" post. Way to show those Pharisees the light of the Lord. You're a real Mensch, Frances.
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November 5th, 2007 at 11:53 am
interesting… republicans are generally very pro Israel.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
she’s more of a conservative libertarian.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Conservative libertarians: so unfuckable that they’d prefer to have the right to legally purchase sex on the free market at the lowest possible prices.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
bitch needs to get her facts straight on the creation of the state of israel. jews were not “begging on their knees,” and israel does not exist due to the “magnanimity” of others. the state was created as a pragmatic political move on the part of the British Empire (as a buffer state for their suez canal and to alleviate tensions caused by Jews in anti-semitic Europe). ever heard of the World Zionist Organization? Edmond Rothschild? the creation of a Jewish nation-state was a political inevitability, not some generous gift from the League of Nations.
ugh… should i be surprised she’s from harvard?
November 5th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Nicely put. I think I’ll quote that in my commencement address.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
The title seems to imply that criticizing Israel is tantamount to antisemitism. They’re completely different ideologies.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
um, no, it doesn’t. as ivygate’s resident jew, let me put in my two cents: what is tantamount to anti-semitism is talking about jews “begging on their knees” (i.e. conflating “jews” with “israel”) and then bringing up the classical “eye for an eye” vs. the new testament stuff.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Where’s the antisemitism?
November 7th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
wow.
just wow.
so glad i dont go to harvard
December 1st, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Martel is running for Harvard Undergraduate Council President with a JEWISH RUNNING MATE!
Here’s an interview with her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7sCwyFHIbI
When asked about the RedIvy post, she says “I think I have the average perspective on the Jewish faith, which is ‘It’s nice.’ I don’t consider myself Jewish…I think it’s wrong that they’re doing what they’re doing, and when you write persuasive pieces — when you write opinion editorials — you use all the weapons in your arsenal you can to convince people that you’re right.”
May 10th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I think when she wrote “begging on their knees” for help she meant during the Holocaust, when the world really let the Jewish people down, similarly to right now with the Darfurians undergoing their own genocide and the international community not doing enough to help. I don’t think it was supposed to be anti-semitic and the title of this post makes it seem like Harvard blogs can be anti-semitic which is an unfair and dangerous accusation.
For those delighted that they don’t go to Harvard, we are equally glad that we don’t have your arrogant and negative views here.
September 19th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
WHICH CANDIDATE CAN ISRAEL COUNT ON …
OBAMA = BETRAYAL
Obama supporters are foolish to think that he will never betray them.
Obama was a close friend of Pastor Wright for TWENTY YEARS.
Obama threw Wright under the bus for personal ambition.
McCain would not betray his country even after 5 years of torture.
You can put lipstick on a traitor, but he’s still a traitor.
September 19th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
To Howard:
Fuck Israel.
Thanks.