There are many reasons why I'm registered Green.

Regarding right intention, I think anger about injustice probably fits within those boundaries. Upon reading a recent interview with Hillary Clinton, I burst into tears because my worries about the Democratic party have been confirmed. No one wants to fight for the little guy, they just want the little guy to believe long enough to cast a vote.

(With apologies to Phoebe, if she's reading. I kept the word "bitch" out, I think.)

From Newsweek:

Newsweek: A colleague of mine writes in an essay for the magazine this week, "[Clinton] and I are about the same age, an age when most women have become invisible to the rest of society, and there she is, energetic … and feisty and capturing the world's attention." Is this what's fueling support for you?

Hillary Clinton: I think there is a sense of identity and a common experience. You know, I know it's hard for young women to really feel the emotional connection because they didn't live through what we lived through. When I was a young woman, there were colleges I couldn't go to, jobs that I couldn't have ever had, a set of expectations that were pretty much imposed—and so women my age, we have gone through this extraordinary movement … But the true beneficiaries are our daughters and our granddaughters.

Dear Hillary,

Women my age don't support you not because we don't have a "sisterly connection," it's because you're so condescending to us sometimes. When you speak to people younger than yourself, you are condescending. It's like you're looking at our collective finger painting and making a noncommittal noise, putting it up on the refrigerator, and then throwing it in the trash when we leave the room. You don't run a positive campaign - you just insult and tear down people who don't support you. After reading this interview, I can only come to the conclusion that you are a misogynist masquerading as a feminist.

(The reason Obama's campaign is so novel is because he so rarely talks smack about other people. More flies with honey, etc. I disagree with a lot of what Obama has to say, and yet he still seems to appeal to me. Even if it is complete and utter bullshit, and he's lying through his teeth, the fact that he answers questions directly and respectfully is a breath of fresh air for a party stuck in the doldrums. Disclaimer: I am not voting Democratic in a presidential election period.)

You act like you're the queen of women's rights; girls today don't know how good they have it! Do you know how hard it is to be a feminist these days? Especially if you have declared yourself to be a feminist? The vitriolic bullshit that's spewed in my direction when I drop the f-bomb would make you think that a hell of a lot of people (I say "people" because some women are anti-feminist too, which confounds me to no end), if given the option on a ballot, would overwhelmingly approve revocation of the nineteenth amendment.

You wanna talk about invisible women? Try Jamie Leigh Jones. 1 in 6 women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime. College-aged women are 4 times more likely to be assaulted. Girls aged 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault. What are you doing for my generation's women, if you're such a feminist? Stop trying to tell me that you're representing what women want in this country; you were never a suffragette. No male candidates talk about representing all males in the United States. How can you be so out-of-touch when you, yourself are a woman?

Please, someone rip my argument to shreds. I'm tired of not having faith in the future of this country.