The Feminist Battle Royal

Earlier today, I wrote on Salon about the launch of a new Web magazine for the ladies:

We have some new neighbors on our lady blog block. The women from Slate's XX Factor just made the move to Double X, their brand spanking new sorority house ... And, hot damn, they've initiated some fantastic female writers. As if we weren't already paying attention, they kicked things off Tuesday by having Linda Hirshman toilet-paper Jezebel, home to the smart-'n'-snarky girls on the block.

Hirshman's attack on the feminist credentials of Jezebel's bloggers (for not reporting a rape, being drunk in public, having casual sex, getting STD's, etc.) stirred up some controversy to the surprise of exactly no one. Susannah Breslin, she of Reverse Cowgirl fame, responded to the "who's a better feminist?" debate on Double X:

Apparently, if you launch a website for women in 2009, the most important question is whether or not it's feminist. At least, that's what you'd think, judging by today's launch of the women-oriented website you're reading.

What a pity that a "feminist pissing match," as Feministe's Jill put it, had to, uh, stain the launch of the site. I've only been waiting for a good women's magazine for, oh, my entire life. (I somehow missed the Sassy years.) It's time to get beyond the feminist battle royal and just be people ... who happen to have vaginas.