Posted on April 6, 2008. Filed under: Feminism, Sexism, politics | Tags: 2008 Democratic Race, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, media favoritism in 2008 presidential race, Sexism, U.S. Presidential Election |
It irks me when I read that I should be thrilled by the Democratic presidential race because the leading contenders for the nomination are black and woman. When I see that in print what I read is “women should just be happy to have had the shot but should realize that voting for Obama is [...]
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Posted on March 9, 2008. Filed under: American Life, Feminism, Sexism, politics | Tags: 2008 Democratic Race, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, media favoritism in 2008 presidential race, media unfairness to Hillary Clinton, racism, Sexism, U.S. Presidential Election |
There is an article on MSNBC discussing Hillary Clinton’s recent resurgence in Texas and Ohio. The author talks about her main base of supporters being Boomer women with the typical being a 50 year old white woman who is jazzed about the fact that as a gender we are SO close to putting [...]
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Posted on March 5, 2008. Filed under: Feminism, politics | Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, racism, Sexism, U.S. Presidential Race |
I was reading an article in Newsweek that put forth the idea that Barack Obama will be the first female president of the United States much as Bill Clinton was the first black president. The idea that Clinton was “black” in a spiritual sense of the word was first put forth by the author Toni Morrison. I [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2007. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential election, Sexism |
The current cover of People features a bikini-clad television actress with the protesting title “I am not Fat!” And she isn’t, not by even the most twisted standards of beauty that have infiltrated our society and handed it new weapons with which to re-enslave women. Ms. Love-Hewitt is a size two, and I mention this [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2007. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: French, motherhood, Sexism |
The book is called NO KIDS: 40 Reasons Not to Have Children and was written by a French author named Corrine Maier. In it this psychiatrist, and mother of two, attempts to dissuade young childless French women from succumbing to the baby fever which is currently sweeping their country. Unlike most other countries in the [...]
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