Royal Weddings and Girly Culture  Amanda Hess has a great post
about the backlash to the royal wedding, specifically this
Dvorak column. The point being, society thinks it's great when
men get together to watch football, but think it's silly when
women gather to watch the Kate and William get married:  This is
bad, according to Dvorak, because smart girls don't like fashion
and glamour and celebrity and dainty sandwiches and hats and
tiaras and princesses and weddings and sleepover parties. Smart
girls, according to Dvorak, play kickball and discuss U.S.-China
policy.   The truth is that the royal wedding is this year's
Superbowl of girl culture, the media has bended over backwards
to cover the highly feminine event, and that tends to inspire a
gut negative reaction in people. Why? Because feminine silliness
is degraded in our culture, while masculine silliness is
vaulted.  This is all true. For example, I personally like
shopping, but I'm also writing a blog post about feminism this
afternoon. I can do both