One of the most eloquent diarists on DailyKos of late, Lorraine, has announced her departure from that illustrious community:

[T]he response from Kos to the pie ad has caused me to opt out of the DailyKos community. As someone who writes primarily about the connection between the personal and the political, I have no choice but to be a feminist. I care about gender issues, sexuality issues, surveillance issues, sex education issues, marriage issues, etc., etc., etc. And what bothers me more than anything about the tone of the debate is that CERTAIN (not all) heterosexual males don't seem to get that what they deem women's issues or gay issues are one step away from being their issues. Anyone rememeber Neimoller's famous quotation?

I have also been called a whore for writing about sexual issues as explicitly as I do, so I can hardly be considered a sexless harridan. I love certain men. I want to live in a world where no one has to contest their rights as human beings because of gender or sexuality.

I know that some people don't understand why some of us are so fucking angry at Kos right now that we can't see straight.

It's not about the fucking ad. It's about the fact that those of us who think that there will be no politics to fight about if we don't protect the right to privacy have been told repeatedly that our issues don't matter. That we should be patient, get in line, wait our turn.

HOW MANY MORE YEARS ARE WE SUPPOSED TO WAIT?

Indeed.

Waiting no longer, comments to Lorraine's declaration are abuzz about an apparent exodus of many women, and men, too, from Daily Kos. There are some very insightful comments there, well worth reading.

Meanwhile, before I even posted my own belated post on the Kos conflagration, Women Kossacks was set up as a quickie Blogger site -- where talk of a new community is already well underway. I'll post any major developments here.

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