Love, Politics and The Media
Though we have elevated women to prime political positions, the media has cast female politicians in an odd, almost asexual maternal role. They're not allowed to wander off the territory.
Though we have elevated women to prime political positions, the media has cast female politicians in an odd, almost asexual maternal role. They're not allowed to wander off the territory.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
Riding into N. Korea on his white horse to rescue imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, His Royal Bubbaness could not have looked anymore like the uber-rock star that he is.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics
How on Earth can you possibly run for the second highest job in the world and not even know what its responsibilities are?
Sarah Seltzer | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics
While feminists believe in voting for a candidate based on what he or she will do for women, "Sarah Palin feminists" also believe that female voters will flock to Palin merely because she is a woman.
Carol Felsenthal | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media
Matthews audibly groaned when he slipped, meaning to say that a tape came out of the Osama HQ just before the election in 2004 had hurt Kerry and helped Bush -- but saying, instead, "Obama."
Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics