I did end up watching most of it. Actually I found it less vapid and petty than I'd been led to believe. I was certainly put off with the "Hillary's a boy now" meme, but I thought the discussion of her positioning herself as the "strong on defense, strong on security" discussion had some merit. I don't necessarily agree with the conclusion, but it had some merit. Overall I found these women to be smart and well spoken. I'd rather listen to them than Chris Matthews or Tim Russert. They didn't yell or talk over one another. On the other hand they spent an inordinate amount of time critquing Hillary and precious little critiquing Barrack.

I have to confess that I have a sort of congenital sexism that I am aware of and struggle with. I'm more used to hearing a group of men discuss national politics with all the typical male communication patterns. I'm more used to seeing a group of women discuss skincare products. So it took me a minute or two to dial in the frequency on this discussion and allow for my subconscious bias. They don't sound like guys. Once I got over that I wasn't outraged at all by the tone or content. One could just as easily imagine a group of men slamming Hillary for acting like "the boy" (as long as they didn't think any women were listening). I guess I feel women should be free to be as banal and tacky as men. I don't see why they should bear any special obligation to be more enlightened.

Emily B's mannerisms and overall delivery are a bit grating, but the content wasn't bad as far as I could tell. I actually expected much worse. Ever since Slate started working with NPR on that Day-To-Day thing I can't listen to NPR at lunchtime anymore. It's so fucking cute I can't stand it.