Oh...my...gawd...! Republicans!

In her review of Neil Boyd's Big Sister: How Extreme Feminism Has Betrayed the Fight for Sexual Equality (via aldaily), Jessica Warner writes,

This is a serious book. The title is off-putting. And it is about a movement that is not exactly famous for its sense of humour. I did not expect Big Sister to be entertaining or even funny, and yet it was both. In many ways, it reminded me of David Lodge's academic spoofs. The reader is treated to an insider's view of the squabbles, both personal and ideological, that are the stuff of academe. At times, the book is downright gossipy, not that this is a complaint. Did you know that a certain prominent academic who shall go nameless lost her virginity at the age of 27? Did you know that the feminist lawyer and pundit Catharine MacKinnon has Republicans in her family?

(italics mine) I don't have much of an impression of Catharine MacKinnon--if I recall, she's pretty far left--but who cares what party some of her relatives belong to? Even if you believe that Republicans = Nazis, that's their problem, not hers.