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Is Patriarchy The Root of All Evil?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 01.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Marriage, Prostitution, Nuclear Family, Politics, Style, Unicef, Twisty, Robin Morgan, Discrimination, Wordpress, Feminism, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Patriarchy, Style News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose I moved my blog to WordPress recently and, in the process of building a list of sources and links, found I Blame The Patriarchy w...

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The First Lady's Guide to Writing a Bestselling Memoir

Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel | Posted 01.05.2009 | Media

Read More: The Book Babes, Book Critic, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush Memoir, Laura Bush, How to Write a Memoir, Michelle Obama Memoir, Book Criticism, Books, Ellen Heltzel, How to Write a Bestselling Memoir, Literary Criticism, Margo Hammond, Mamie Eisenhower, Feminism, Media News
Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel

Having stood by her good mate's side as he walked two bestsellers to the altar, Mrs. Obama is hip to the power of the pen, both in economic and political terms.

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Carolyn Maloney Garners Endorsement for Clinton's Senate Seat

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Patterson, NY Senate Seat, US Senate, Feminist Majority, Breaking Politics News, Hillary Clinton, Congress, Now, Carolyn B. Maloney, Feminism, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

The conversation on who would replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate was ratcheted up a notch on Thursday (12/4). The National Organization for W...

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SNL Star Amy Poehler on Her New Online Show "Smart Girls"

Marianne Schnall | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Girls, Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live, Feminism, Parenting, Teenagers, Women and Media, Entertainment News
Marianne Schnall

AP: The idea came out of us wishing we could go back in time to the younger versions of ourselves and let them know it was gonna be ok. My goal is to be the Edward R. Murrow of girls.

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Men and Women Take on the Economy Together

Indra Adnan | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Economic Team, Women, Education, Women Men Softpower Obama Gender Feminism Mothers Children, Emotion, Work, Emotionalintelligence, Worklifebalance, Men, Obama, Society, Softpower, Feminism, Fathers, Gender, Politics News
Indra Adnan

Tim, Larry, Christina and Melody: half men, half women in a balanced partnership to face a global crisis and reshape the economic culture of the early 21st Century.

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That's What Vampires Are For: Fangs, Sex and Society

Sarah Seltzer | Posted 12.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Vampires, Sex, Twilight, Edward Cullen, Stephenie Meyer Twilight, Feminism, Movies, Abstinence, True Blood, Entertainment News
Sarah Seltzer

Teen vampire flick and pop-culture juggernaut Twilight, like Mama Mia! and Sex and the City before it, shattered records this weekend and made fema...

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Gender, Politics and Media Redux

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media

Read More: McCain Advisors, Gender Bias, Gender, Media, Larry Summers, Election 2008, Lesley Jane Seymour, More Magazine, Feminism, Sarah Palin, Campbell Brown, Geraldine Ferraro, Shorenstein Center, Politics, Women and Media, Sexism, Women and Politics, Marie Wilson, Hillary Clinton, Arianna Huffington, Carol Jenkins, Class, Obama's Economic Team, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

Last week, New York Women In Communications presented The Spin Room: Gender, Politics & Media in the 2008 Election.

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Michelle, Our Belle

Pam Bristow | Posted 12.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Pam Bristow, Hillary Clinton, Feminism, Michelle Obama, Living News
Pam Bristow

In the weeks following the 2008 election, there has been little talk of anything not tinged with our country's pride in electing our first African Ame...

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Are There Just too Many People in the World?

Johann Hari | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Abortion, Women's Rights, Abortion Rights, Green Living, Feminism, Carbon Footprint, The Pill, Overpopulation, Famine, Mass Starvation, China, Global Warming, Politics News
Johann Hari

To achieve the green goal of dealing with overpopulation, it's necessary to mix some oestrogen into the environmentalist palette.

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The Real Story Behind the Batman, Turkey Lawsuit

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Michelle Obama, Turkey, The Dark Knight, Feminism, Batman, Honor Killing, Movies, Films, Warner Bros, Lawsuits, Huseyin Kalkan, Tim Burton, Christopher Nolan, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

The Mayor of Batman, Turkey is suing Warner Bros and Chris Nolan for not getting permission to use the name 'Batman.' Absurd, insane, ridiculous, right? Well of course, but the truth is far more disturbing.

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Camille Paglia: Yes, I Still Like Palin

Salon | Camille Paglia | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Victory, Camille Paglia, Barack Obama, Feminism, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Nov. 12, 2008 | Dazed and confused. A week after the election of Barack Obama, millions of American news junkies are in serious cold turkey, the big b...

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A Feminist Convert

Lindsey Horvath | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Feminism, Barack Obama, Equality, Democratic Primary, Election 2008, Women's Issues, President Obama, Politics News
Lindsey Horvath

It was not until this morning, reveling in the reality of our historic Democratic victory, that I realized how and why I made the jump from Hillary to Barack in this election.

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Black and Blue: Obama and Golda

Haim Watzman | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel, Obama, Election Results, Election 2008, Race, Feminism, Golda Meir, Barack Obama President, Barack Obama, Politics News
Haim Watzman

The significance of Obama's victory will be that he has convinced the American people that the selfish, aggressive, and patronizing America of the Bush administration has been a disaster.

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Who Are The Women Against Sarah Palin?

Susan Sawyers | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Suffragettes, Sarah Palin, Woman Against Sarah Palin, Feminism, Sarah Palin Blogs, 2008 Election, Living News
Susan Sawyers

In late August, Lyra Kilston, 31, and Quinn Latimer, 30, two not-very-political editors for Modern Painters magazine, found themselves suddenly immersed in the Presidential campaign.

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What is an American Feminist Today?

Lindsey Horvath | Posted 11.29.2008 | Living

Read More: National Organization for Women, National Women's Political Caucus, Second Wave Feminism, Feminist, Feminism, Reproductive Rights, Sarah Palin, Living News
Lindsey Horvath

If your agenda does not include reproductive freedom, you do not value it. If those with whom you create your solidarity do not value reproductive freedom, neither does your movement.

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Palin's Pal: A Feminist of Her Own

Adele Stan | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Claudia Gilmore, Terrorism, Witchcraft, Thomas Muthee, Abortion Clinic Bombings, Feminism, Barack Obama, Ms. Magazine, Intelligence, Phyllis Schlafly, Sarah Palin, Elaine Lafferty, Bill Ayers, Sexism, Sexism in the Campaign, The Daily Beast, Politics News
Adele Stan

As a former Ms. staffer myself, I feel betrayed by Elaine Lafferty's stumping for Palin, who, taking advantage of an opening won by the efforts of feminists, would set back women's rights by decades.

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Victims of Sexual Abuse Get Heard

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Abortion, John McCain, Rape, Incest, National Institute for Reproductive Health, Women Against McCain-Palin, Media Matters Action Network, Roe vs. Wade, Feminism, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Sarah Palin, Msnbc, Erica Payne, Cnn, Swing States, SaysMe TV, Margaret Loeb, Hillary Clinton, The Democracy Alliance, Cecile Richards, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

With the nomination of Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket, women who had scattered after Hillary Clinton's defeat were reenergized as they coalesced in their opposition to Palin's abortion viewpoint.

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Who Says Feminists Aren't Funny?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Read More: John McCain, Feminism, Polticial Humor, Gloria Steinem, Ms. Foundation for Women, Humor, Tina Fey, Comedy, Sarah Palin, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

Feminists have often been accused of not having a sense of humor, but how could they survive without one?

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Dare We Stand Up for Muslim Women?

Johann Hari | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Islam, Islamic Radicalism, Saudi Arabia, Oil, Taliban, Iraq, Feminism, Politics News
Johann Hari

Shahnaz's husband and his brothers carefully gathered up battery acid, pinned her down, and hurled it into her face. Her crime was to be a Muslim woman who wanted to be treated as equal to a man.

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An Open Letter to Senator McCain

Eleanor Smeal | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women Act, John McCain, Rape, Incest, Supreme Court Justice, The Feminist Majority, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Feminist Left, Voting Record, Eleanor Smeal, Mccain Voting Record, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Feminism, Barack Obama Feminism, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Breast Cancer Research Program, Roberts, Minimum Wage, Lilly Ledbetter, Roe v. Wade, Scalia, Politics News
Eleanor Smeal

Women, Senator McCain, vote on issues important to us, not on whether or not the candidate wears a skirt. The truth is, your candidacy is the worst for women in recent history.

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The Future of Feminism

Lindsey Horvath | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama-Biden, 2008 Election, Barack Obama Feminism, Feminism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lindsey Horvath

I am hopeful that feminists -- women and men alike -- who care about the future will embrace the ticket that embraces us.

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The New Media Message for Women

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Cnn, Time Warner, Richard Holbrooke, Christiane Amanpour, Candy Crowley, New Media, Election 2008, Momsrising, Feminism, Sarah Palin, Campbell Brown, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

"The Time Warner Summit: Politics 2008," held at the Time Warner headquarters in New York City and co-sponsored with CNN, was a corporate branded even...

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McCain Flatlines With Women

Martha Burk | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Lipstick, Social Conservatives, John McCain, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Barach Obama, Abortion Rights, Presidential Debates, Feminism, Social Conservative Supreme Court, Breast Cancer, Feminism Politics, Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential Debates, Feminist Politics, Feministsforobama, Politics News
Martha Burk

Weren't we all supposed to rush to McCain/Palin when Hillary folded her tent? After all, Palin wears a skirt and McCain obviously figured we girl voters were too dumb to know the difference.

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Excuse Me, Senator McCain -- What I Want for My Daughter Isn't About Being Liberal or Conservative

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control, John McCain, Maternity Leave, Feminism, 2008 Presidential Race, Equal Pay, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Joanne Bamberger

Since we are both parents of daughters, I'm a bit confounded, Senator McCain, about your lack of interest in things that would benefit your girls directly.

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The Brains vs. the Trophies

Zondra Hughes | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Winks, Poltical Season, Sarah Palin, Hilary Clinton, Women Politics, Palin Vice-Presidential Candidate, Sarah Palin Women Voters, Palin Women, Political Intelligence, Feminism, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Zondra Hughes

Do we really want to send the message that strong, sophisticated women of substance will always take second place to the stiletto-wearing beauty queens?

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