Jeffrey Sebelia, one of the designers on season 3 of Project Runway just needs to go. He's a creepy little man with an arrogant attitude that exposes his small mind and sexist bs at every turn. (Yes, I can hear my co-workers now, "but how do you really feel?") I suppose I should also introduce Angela Keslar who is ham fisted in her attempts at manipulating situations and, oddly for a designer, doesn't sketch. There are several designers I just don't care for and whose work has yet to show they actually deserve to be there. It's only because someone's work was even worse than theirs, that they are still in the competition. Angela and Jeffrey are 2 of those designers. Episode 2's challenge was for teams of 2 to create a gown for Miss USA to wear to the Miss Universe pageant. I can't even find a picture of Jeffrey's gown to remind myself what it looked like. Angela "worked" with Vincent Libretti who kept shoving her away, making it a one-man show full of pouting and anger. (Believe it or not, I am actually getting to the point of this post.) As designers are busily sketching their ideas to present to Miss USA, Angela is trying to convince Kayne Gillaspie who has pageant experience to choose her as his teammate. To no one's surprise, Angela is the last designer standing and, by default, goes to Vincent. In the apartment Vincent is bitching up a storm about Angela and Jeffrey pokes his head out of the bathroom and says, "I have one word for you ... feminazi." (You can see a clip from the video mashup I created at Project Runway's website.) What the ......? Feminazi? Angela is a lot of things but feminazi? Just so we are clear, here's the Wikipedia definition of feminazi

Feminazi (also spelled femme-nazi) is an invective neologism used predominantly in United States political rhetoric to characterize women whose ideas are believed to be vehemently misandrous; i.e.- having an irrational and extreme hatred of men. ... The term feminazi has developed various connotations. To some pro-life conservatives, it equates feminist advocacy for abortion rights with promoting a holocaust. Others use the word rhetorically to suggest feminist views are being expressed in a unilateral manner. Others see the term as an example of hate speech. In the extreme formulation, feminazis are seen by some as women who persecute men or who desire their elimination from the public discourse and any involvement into public affairs. The term is often used as a derogatory term for feminist.

It is clear that Jeffrey is simply using this word in a derogatory manner, the same way he would have used "bitch." It is also clear that he does not understand the true meaning of the word and has just decided to use this word to slander Angela and her character. In this particular episode, Angela does not espouse feminist rhetoric of any sort, in fact she is quite delighted they will be designing for Miss USA. She does not express hatred for men, and is in fact married to one. I was disgusted by Angela's behaviour and really felt she should have been the one to be eliminated. But she in no way was doing it out of a feminist mindset, she was only being Angela. Jeffrey, on the other hand, offends me. As do all men who are quick to write all women off based on the personality flaws of one woman. [cross posted from Blither Blather Boviate]