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Another Problem with No Name: Boomers and Age Discrimination in the Workplace

Brent Green | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eeoc, Ageism, Age Discrimination, National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, MetLife Mature Market Institute, Politics News
Brent Green

Given extraordinary economic pressure to continue working beyond traditional retirement age, older workers nevertheless confront entrenched obstacles to staying employed and finding jobs.

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Are IKEA, Outlet Malls, Wal-Mart, and Whole Foods Really Bargains?

Anis Shivani | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Citizenship, Vance Packard, Christopher Lasch, Whole Foods, Cheap, Chinese Factories, Outlet Malls, Wages, Craftsmanship, Cheap Eats, Globalization, Barbara Ehrenreich, David Reisman, Ellen Ruppel Shell, Wal-Mart, Shrimp Farming, Slow Food, Labor, Consumerism, Ikea, Michael Pollan, Betty Friedan, Local Food, Chinese Exports, Marketing, Sustainability, Deforestation, Pricing, Eric Schlosser, Red Lobster, Food, Green News
Anis Shivani

American consumers are being taken for a ride.

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Martha Washington Redux: America's First MILF

Warren Holstein | Posted 03.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New Orleans, George Bush, Jimmy Choos, Gulf War, Janet Reno, Eleanor Roosevelt, George W. Bush, Historical Revision, Sex and the City, Ugly Betty, Madeline Albright, History, Betty Friedan, Margaret Thatcher, George Washington, George H.W. Bush, Manolo Blahnik, Revisionist History, Martha Washington, Gertrude Stein, Milf, Barbara Bush, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

Hold on to your hats folks or at least your iPod earbuds, Martha Washington was actually a babe! Also, she avidly consumed Gothic romance novels. Me-ow!

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Jill Johnston On Palin: Little More Than A Smokescreen

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Betty Friedan, John McCain, Gloria Steinem, Joe Biden, Debates, Norman Mailer, Feminism, Poitics, Jill Johnston, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

With Palin as president, we have not only the possibility of an idiot at the helm of government, but a woman who insults the real gains made by women in politics and other arenas. Not to mention the insult to Hillary, an accomplished, intelligent woman.

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Sarah Palin: The Wrong Kind Of Woman?

Mark Joseph | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gloria Steinem, National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan, Emily's List, The White House Project, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Mark Joseph

Should these "women's groups" be seeking to advance women, any and all women, into positions of power or any candidate, male or female, who agrees with their politics?

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Why Younger Women Aren't Supporting Hillary

Carlotta Cooper | Posted 04.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Hillary Clinton and Gender, Democratic Primaries Sexism, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Election 2008 and Gender, Election 2008, MSNBC Sexism, Hillary Clinton Feminism, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Senator Barack Obama, Obama Supporters Sexism, Betty Friedan, Phyllis Schlafly, Chris Matthews Sexism, Senator Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Germaine Greer, Democratic Primaries Racism, Hillary Clinton "Victim", Hillary Clinton "Too Tough", Media and Sexism, Democrats Sexism, Home News
Carlotta Cooper

Many people have become sensitized -- even hypersensitized -- to issues of racism in this campaign, and words and attitudes are being examined and questioned. But sexism seems to go largely unnoticed or, if it is noticed, is dismissed as irrelevant.

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