Miss “Planned Parenthood” America kicked out of sorority for hazing
April 2013 was a busy month for newly crowned Miss America, Kira Kazantsev.
Just as Kazantsev was completing her three-month stint as an intern at a Planned Parenthood clinic in her home state of New York, she was also being ousted from her sorority for abusive hazing.
Jezebel is reporting today that Kazantsev, who served as Alpha Phi’s head of recruitment at Hofstra University on Long Island, was ejected from her sorority that same month for abusing pledges:
Kazantsev and her best friend (another Alpha Phi sister who was also her roommate), our source says, were exceptionally harsh toward the pledges. (In the tipster’s words, they made the recruits’ lives “a living hell.”) Under Kira’s supervision, according to the source, pledges in the incoming class were called names, berated for their perceived physical flaws and imperfections, and made to perform physical tasks to the point of bruising and exhaustion - standard sorority pledge stuff paid forward by a person who our source says was herself brutally hazed upon entry into Alpha Phi.
Interesting character attributes for a person whose platform is domestic violence, Kazantsev says because she “was stalked and threatened while in an abusive relationship in college.” The abused becomes the abuser while advocating against abuse. Makes no sense.
Although neither does it make sense that Kazantsev’s reason for interning at Planned Parenthood was to “afford[ ] her the opportunity to advocate against child abuse,” which was the pageant’s explanation for her tenure. Another example of the abused becoming the abuser while advocating against abuse.
I see a pattern.
And I wonder what liberal feminists like Amanda Marcotte, who just compared the “demoniz[ation]” of Kazantsev’s connection to Planned Parenthood to ”satanic panic” (soooo Freudian), are going to say now?
[HT: Destiny; photo via the AP]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
As the little girl with the white headband said, this story gets “curiouser and curiouser . . .”
Advocating against domestic abuse while abusing others and advocating against child abuse while working at the nation’s number one abortion provider and statutory rape concealer?
Isn’t she just a ball of sugar and spice.
To reinforce what I said in the last entry about her…she’s a bimbo…and a MEAN one at that.
What a colossal disgrace.
Miss I will help ruin America …take her crown away.
Mike Ive always liked dim bulb myself.
Miss K’s stint with abortion giant Banned Parenthood consisted of going into government schools and advocating for abortion, the ultimate form of child abuse. The students in government schools being survivors of the abortion holocaust, this seems to me to be a particularly cruel and chilling form of abuse of children to make them listen to an advocate for the organization that is responsible for the destruction of millions of their peers. Abusers speaking against abuse is about right.
Look at all the claws come out!!!
Calm down a bit, people…. We are talking about a college-age girl. Nearly all of us made stupid, immature mistakes when we were that age.
It is not surprising that a girl who thought Planned Parenthood would be a good choice of internship would also turn out to be one of the mean girls at the sorority.
Let’s see if she has grown through that. Will she apologize for her past behavior at Apha Phi and Planned Parenthood? Will she conduct herself with class and charity as Miss America?
It is fair to shine some light on her past choices…. But let’s see what she does now before we start gathering stones to throw!
Gee nice background check on the candidates. Maybe it is time for this whole pageantry deal to be stilled.
Sorry Del a 22 year old woman is not a girl.
Yes I did some things that were not very nice when I was younger but I never verbally or belittled anyone like this WOMAN did, nor did I cause anyone to have bruises as part of a hazing process.
Miss America is a mean girl.
Del I see your point. Im willing to give her a chance but one day while standing in front of an abortion clinic a 14 year old stopped to talk to pro lifers. Her parents demanded she have an abortion and she said NO! Some nice lady took her in and we assured her we would help her anyway she could. She got the heck out of her house. Now Miss America has 10 years on this girl. Yet a 14 year old said ” Im NOT killing my baby.”
Chardon Ohio school shooter escaped from prison. He killed 2 people and paralyzed one. They caught him and now hes i the absolute worst prison…Youngstown Supermax. You are in isolation 23 of 24 hours a day. 2 TV stations and no human contact. Hes a lot younger than this lady. Young and not thinking right. He is never getting out of prison. And he continues to show no remorese for his crimes.
Sorry high school shooter TJ Lane. In court he had a nice message for the families one he stopped laughing…..blank you all!!!
I know it doesnt work this way but crown the runner up and see if this one grows up. @23 you are a grown woman. I was a nurse at 18. Imo shes not setting a good example for young women so far. Im sure PP adores her.
Del: Are you saying she didn’t know that PP does abortions ?
C’mon !
Wait wait…she berated people for physical flaws. Honey has anyone in the pagent world told you that you could use a brow wax????
My point about TJ Lane for shooting up the school. He was only 17. Wore an undershirt under his shirt in court that said in magic marker KILLER. Maybe one day he will learn that he was wrong but as of right now hes been nothing but trouble for the penal system. As for Miss America is hazing a crime prison worthy…no but look at her character. She knows what PP does! She will trickle like a poison through the veins of PP. Amanda Marcotte has already given her a favorable write up.
Patty Woodworth’s comment is spot-on; screening Miss A candidate’s backgrounds is pretty spotty if they let this woman’s credentials get through. Any candidate could potentially win the title. I think this was a set-up. Just a gut feeling, but what are the chances of this woman winning and having the chops that would make abortion mainstream, just at the time when Banned Parenthood is trying to normalize and soften the edges of abortion?
I thought this was all a set-up too, DocKimble.
I went into the story about hazing and I am sick to my stomach at what young “ladies” do to one another in the name of sisterhood. Absolutely shameful.
Agreeing that college students do some sorta stupid things..
Also, I think that beauty contests are silly, so I am not as concerned about a young contestant woman — who, like so many college students or recent college grads, is drilled to believe the latest thought fashions…
I’d be interested to hear from persons who heard her speak for PP in schools..Was she selling abortion as some teen girl “empowerment” thing, was she basically talking about the other services PP offers? Or ???
@Praxedes: Yes, and this follow-up on her background showing her involvement in hazing is showing a sick twist on lots of areas of life involving the youth of today. What do mean girls have to say about date rape when they are involved in inflicting physical punishment on a candidate for entry into a sorority? Do they say, “She was asking for it?”
It also occurs to me that this mean streak is a very effective tool used by professors to get over against dissenters from the “settled evidence” of whatever new world orderers are saying must be believed today to be “successful” in life.
Nothing about this woman’s story sets very well with me. Choosing her for Miss America is disordered, to say the least.
Am I the only one who thinks she looks like a muppet? I think her name was Janis, and she played in the band, “Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem”.
Must be slim pickins at the pageant these days…
No youre not Mary Ann. Also her skin looks orange to me. Ive got some friends here who could fix those brows. A set up. ewww sounds about right. There she is Miss Abortion America.
Mary Ann lol …curiosity got the best of me. Same orange skin and grin. lol. Yikes!
Mike says:
Del: Are you saying she didn’t know that PP does abortions ?
C’mon !
I’m not exactly defending the girl. She made a some very bad choices. Interning with Planned Parenthood was not very smart for someone aspiring to project a wholesome public image. It takes some extremely wicked behavior to get kicked out of a sorority for bullying the new girls.
We will likely find a pattern of even more past mistakes — promiscuity, an abortion or two, helping other girls get abortions, discipline problems akin to bullying, etc.
The question in my mind is this: Has she grown out of that? Does she regret her behavior? Is she ashamed of her poor decisions, now that some light is shining and she can see how real people feel about it?
Somebody probably coached her to include the PP line in her resume. But notice that she did not mention contraception or abortion — she claims her work was focused on safety and “preventing abuse.” Something inspired her to stay far away from PP’s central mission. And she was quick to scrub her resume when the relationship came to light.
Thus far, she has been quiet. That is the prudent thing to do in her position… I don’t blame her for being quiet. Eventually, she will reveal her mind. I expect that she will be dirty.
But until then, I will not condemn her in the present for a stretch of childish mistakes in the past. Many ardent pro-lifers went through the same stages as she has. I keep thinking of Abby Johnson. We must always be ready to welcome converts from the abortion side.
“Will she apologize for her past behavior at Apha Phi and Planned Parenthood? Will she conduct herself with class and charity as Miss America? It is fair to shine some light on her past choices…. But let’s see what she does now before we start gathering stones to throw!”
If she was just some random girl, I would agree. But she’s been given a public platform (granted one that I think is exceedingly ridiculous). In order to occupy that platform she MUST apologize for her past behavior. Until she does, her decisions are fairly attributable to her. Silence in this case will not suffice.
I am not sure how similar the organizers of Miss America are to Miss USA pageantry. If they share the same values, then pageantry today apparently doesn’t see much value in the appearance of wholesomeness or the semblance of pro-life if they bring on outspoken pro-choice and misogynistic people such as Perez Hilton to be a judge. From his blog, “Women deserve the right to choose!” but also referring to a woman with whom he disagreed (Carrie Prejean) as a b*tch and a c*nt.
@ CT: yes; you make a great point.
As a public person, we should interpret silence as confirmation of her past behavior.
Let us hope that she makes a statement of apology for the hazing, admitting that it was wrong and that the punishment was just.
It is unlikely that we will hear about the Planned Parenthood connection, since the pageant admins have already praised her for it. They are her bosses now; she works for them.
I will accept the “polishing” of her internship (“it was about abuse awareness, not contraception or abortion”), followed by the scrubbing of her resume (“Planned Parenthood? I can’t recall much about it”) as adequate steps in the right direction.
“Am I the only one who thinks she looks like a muppet?”
I was thinking more like an Edvard Munch painting, at least in this photo.
“Am I the only one who thinks she looks like a muppet? I think her name was Janis, and she played in the band”
According to Wikipedia… “Due to the lack of female Muppeteers, Janice has consistently been played by a man.”
Ha!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Teeth_and_The_Electric_Mayhem
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She’s advocating might equals right.
So as long as there is some one bigger to put down everyone, it’s a-okay! Basically, there just needs to be a tyrant in charge in order to set all the other bullies straight and eliminate any dependents. So she’s advocating for a sort of facism, which is the end flow the steady stream of liberalism we’re now seeing. And they made her queen. No wonder.
So basically the line from the so-called women’s liberal movement that states that abortion needs to be available to “poor black women” and women who are “too selfish to take care of children.” You know, Obama types who would be “punished with a pregnancy”. This type of thinking is what Christ came to destroy, death Vs Life thinking.
Hi Eric. I remember years ago before Perez Hilton toned his blog down he featured some girl who used aborted baby remains for some project. He dubbed her The ABORTION girl! The blog was so out of control …pro choicers couldnt even comment and Perez seemed on board with pro lifers. Many people called her the baby killing creep including Perez! I do remember it well. Aw well I guess hes fickle.
Yeah, Aliza Shvarts. Pretty interesting story, though it was almost certainly an elaborate hoax. NARAL even felt compelled to release a “we’re not with stupid” statement to the media, and most pro-choicers were outraged, but the diehards defended her and celebrated the project. It does show that almost everyone understands there is something wrong with abortion, as there is not nearly that kind of fuss when someone uses human placentas for art.