Friday Feminist Fuck Yeah: Rachel Maddow

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Friday Feminist Fuck Yeah: Rachel Maddow

In our first-ever tag-team Friday vid, Miriam and I discuss Feministing's mad love for Rachel Maddow, who is getting her own show on MSNBC next month:

Transcript below the jump.

Also check out Rebecca Traister's profile of Maddow.

Ann: This week is the first joint Friday Feminist Fuck You.

Miriam: It's also my first time vlogging, so Ann is here to help initiate me.

Ann: Miriam's a vlogging virgin.

Miriam: Vlogging virgin.

Ann: So we want to say fuck yeah this week to the news that Rachel Maddow just got her own show on cable news. This is huge! This is a huge audience for her, she's awesomely liberal. Her background is as a prison rights activist, specifically the prison AIDS movement, which is righteous. And she's really smart! She always says incredibly smart things, not just fluffy talking points. So we love her for that.

Miriam: It's also awesome to have another lesbian in the media who's not Ellen DeGeneres, who's also not a comedian, who's in a position of authority, who gets to talk about news and serious things, and is not only talking about the fact that she's a lesbian. And also awesome to see more masculine or butch women in the media.

Ann: I wish they would let Rachel wear her glasses, though. Have you seen pictures of Rachel in her glasses?

Miriam: I have not seen them.

Ann: Super cute. However, they do kind of give her the wave on TV.

Miriam: A little too much makeup.

Ann: Okay, okay, but we're not gonna pick apart her appearance because she's a woman on TV. We're gonna stop. And just say fuck yeah.

Miriam: Fuck yeah.