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When the two of us first met, back in the late '90s, Em considered herself a little "over" feminism. To her mind, it was the stuff of women's studies classes and Take Back the Night marches--and she had graduated college, put away her "Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle" T-shirt, and moved on.

Lo, on the hand, threw around the word feminist like it was going out of style, and eventually managed to convince Em that until women like her got comfortable using the F-word, old-school sexism would linger like tuna salad on an airplane. She eventually dragged Em, kicking and screaming, into feminist consciousness (much to Em's mom's dismay, who still uses the adjective "women's libby").

So what got us reminiscing like this?

Something similar has been happening to women across the country since Hillary announced her candidacy, according to "The Feminist Reawakening: Hillary Clinton and the Fourth Wave" in New York magazine this week: "The sexism in America, long lying dormant, like some feral, tranquilized animal, yawned and revealed itself. Even those of us who didn't usually concern ourselves with gender-centric matters began to realize that when it comes to women, we are not post-anything." The idea being, women like Em are suddenly getting all up in arms--re-politicized, perhaps, for the first time since college--at being told that we should take racism seriously (Obama-rama!) but just lighten up when it comes to feminism (iron my shirts Hillary, ha ha ha!).

Other "hilarious" things listed in the article that we're supposed to think of as just anti-Hillary rather than flat-out misogynist: The Facebook group "Hillary Clinton: Stop Running for President and Make Me a Sandwich" (44,000 members and counting); a "Hillary Nutcracker" with "stainless-steel thighs"; a video on YouTube featuring a KFC bucket that reads HILLARY MEAL DEAL: 2 FAT THIGHS, 2 SMALL BREASTS, AND A BUNCH OF LEFT WINGS; Tucker Carlson saying, "Every time I hear Hillary Clinton speak, I involuntarily cross my legs." Ha ha ha ha ha ha. We almost peed our pants.

But hey, if every time Tucker Carlson says that, a feminist gets her wings--or forwards along Gloria Steinem's "Women Are Never Front-Runners" op-ed to her friends--then we guess that's some kind of silver lining in this bitter, drawn-out primary. And hey, Tucker Carlson: Stop running your mouth and make us a fucking sandwich, would ya?