Feminism

Why My Femi-Friends Won't Vote for Sen. Clinton

Linda Keenan | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Feminism, Hillary Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Barack Obama, Politics, Maureen Dowd, 2008 Election and Feminism, Feminist, Sexism, 2008 Election and Sexism, 2008 Election, Politics News

It bothers me that she seemed to pretty herself up and changed her name early in the Arkansas years, not to further even her own career, but to advance her husband's.

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Why I'm Pro-life and Pro-Obama

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics

If our highest aspiration is to be a consumer with no thought or care for our neighbor, we will remain a culture in which abortion is not only inevitable but logical.

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Feminism in the Age of Now

Marianne Williamson | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Feminism, Feminist, Feminism, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

"What! You're not voting for Hillary? But I thought you were such a feminist!" If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times.

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Super Tuesday Media Musings,Part II: Shocker -- There's No Feminist Kool-Aid

Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 02.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Feminists in Media, Newsweek Election Coverage, New York Times, Feminists, Feminist Vote, Hillary Clinton Feminism, Veronica Arreola, Susan Dominus, Feminism, Barack Obama Feminism, Barack Obama, Marcia Pappas, Media News

Americans have been subjected to a litany of misguided media musings about "race and gender" in the 2008 election cycle, which has focused not on these issues but on how politicians can snatch up those constituencies.

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Feminist Ultimatums: Not In Our Name

Kimberle Crenshaw and Eve Ensler | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Women Voters, Women and Politics, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Feminism, Feminism, Barack Obama Feminism, Barack Obama, Eve Ensler, Eve Ensler Obama, Super Tuesday, Super Tuesday Results, Politics News

The new players of the troubling "with us or against us" game are no longer the hawkish Republicans but "either/or" feminists determined to see to it that a woman occupies the Oval Office.

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Hillary Clinton for President

Taylor Marsh | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Military, Barack Obama, National Security, Middle East, Iran, Diplomacy, Far East, Democrats, Iraq, Feminism, Hillary Clinton, Gloria Steinem, 2008 Election, Politics News

Hillary Clinton embodies every fight I've ever waged. Every battle I've ever engaged. She is the embodiment of hope for all women.

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Barack Obama, The Female Vote, and Why It Matters in the Workplace

Penelope Trunk | Posted 02.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Caroline Kennedy Endorses Obama, Women Voters, 2008 Election and Race, Maria Shriver Barack Obama Endorsement, Hillary Gender Election, Feminism, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, 2008 Election and Gender, Feminism and Work, Business News

We can stop dividing things by men and women. I don't need to vote for Clinton to show that I support women. I support women by looking ahead to the next generation.

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Feminism's Barack-star Makeover at the California Oprah Rally

Maegan Carberry | Posted 02.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Maria Shriver Barack Obama, Maria Shriver, Maria Shriver Barack Obama Endorsement, Feminism, 2008 Election, Maria Shriver Obama Endorsement, Barack Obama, 2008 Election and Gender, Politics News

Michelle Obama stood about 50 yards in front of me and I was unnerved when I realized I was crying because the women-behind-the-men had shaken my heart.

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I Am Woman...Misogyny, Ambivalence and the Clinton Campaign

Linda Hansen | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Misogyny, Bill Clinton, Gender Bias, Hillary Clinton, Campaign, Feminism, Ambivalence, Hillary Clinton Gender Card, Hillary Clinton Misogyny, Hillary Clinton Woman Bashing, Hillary Clinton Backlash, Home News

We have loathsome, mindless misogyny on one side of the bell curve and gender ambivalence on the far side. Both are destructive and dishonest. Both are bad for the process and bad for the country.

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From Superdome to Superlove -- V-Day at 10

Marianne Schnall | Posted 01.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Sexuality, Sexual Violence, V-Day, Feminist, Women's Health, Sex, The Vagina Monologues, Sexism, Eve Ensler, Theater, Media Sexism, Feminism, Superdome, Living News

The "mega event of the decade," as Eve Ensler describes it, is certain to be The Vagina Monologues' and V-Day's ten-year anniversary celebration, V to the Tenth.

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My Hillary Problem: Redux

Alison Owings | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latino Vote, Latino Voters, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Sexism, 2008 Election and Sexism, Hillary Gender Election, 2008 Election, Feminism, Barack Obama, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Politics News

All in all, is Barack Obama any less of a feminist than Hillary Clinton?

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Family Politics

Abigail Pogrebin | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

I believe that Kennedy decided Obama was the better person to heal this country at a critical time. NOW's rebuke is exactly what allows people to write off "feminism" as angry and hopelessly stuck.

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Sticking Your Neck Out on Gender: So Uncool

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Hillary Clinton, Feminism, Albany Project, Politics News

Feminism is so nuanced now. We can't burn our bras, shout, protest, and call it a good effort.

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Why is NY NOW so Ticked at Teddy?

Taylor Marsh | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Teddy Kennedy, Now, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, State of the Union Address, Feminism, Bush State of the Union, National Organizatino for Women, State of the Union, Nyc-Now, Politics News

The very thing that makes Clinton qualified to be president is being pushed aside and called "the past." Let's face it, if Clinton was Obama, she wouldn't be getting the time of day, let alone Kennedy's endorsement.

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When Gloria Calls...

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ms. Magazine, Gloria Steinem, Women's Media Center, Feminist, Feminism, Progressive Women, Progressives, Politics News

I'm afraid progressive voices are vastly outnumbered. So the Women's Media Center has put out the call to progressive women's voices to change that.

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Over the Hill (and Bill)

Beth Arnold | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Feminism, Hillary Gender Election, 2008 Election, Feminism, 2008 Election and Gender, Barack Obama, Gender, Politics News

Hillary Clinton cannot bring our country together. A vote for Hillary in the primaries will help a Republican get elected.

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The Hillary Standard: Too Jacked Even for Hillary

Tina Dupuy | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Hillary Bashing, Feminism, Chris Matthews, Christopher Hitchens, Politics News

Politics is a blood sport. But even blood sports have sportsmanship. Except when it comes to Hillary.

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Admitting the Complexities of Abortion

Courtney E. Martin | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Second Wave Feminism, I Had an Abortion, Abortion Rights, Contraception, Third Wave Feminism, Roe vs Wade, I Had an Abortion Film, Pro-Choice, Feminism, Roe vs Wade 35 Anniversary, Jennifer Baumgardner, Gillian Aldrich, Politics News

I was unequivocally pro-choice, but I hated that woman in the Planned Parenthood because she seemed to have such an uncomplicated relationship with abortion. I was jealous.

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Interview with Callie Khouri, Director of Mad Money

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 01.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Female Directors, Queen Latifah, Callie Khouri, Katie Holmes, Diane Keaton, Mad Money, Feminism, Movies, Women Directors, Entertainment News

Callie Khouri, best known as the screenwriter of the now-classic Thelma and Louise takes on her second directing assignment with Mad Money.

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My Issue with Nair

Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 01.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Pornography, Hair Removal, Nair Pretty, Church & Dwight, Pubic Hair, Nair, Bikini Waxes, Brazilian Bikini Waxes, Feminism, Porn, Teenagers, Teenaged Girls, Living News

Nair recently launched its "Pretty" range for, in their own words, "first-time hair removers." Girls as young as fifth grade are being targeted for wax and chemical hair removal -- and in fruity fragrances no less.

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Response to Steinem

Vanessa Tyson | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gloria Steinem New York Times, Gloria Steinem, 2008 Election and Race, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Feminism, Barack Obama, 2008 Election and Gender, Politics News

Senator Clinton, who, for all intents and purposes, has been the front runner for the majority of 2007, does not fit well into Steinem's message.

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My Debate with Gloria Steinem Continues: Race, Gender & the Election

Sally Kohn | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gloria Steinem New York Times, Sexism, Gloria Steinem, 2008 Election and Race, Racism, Hillary Clinton, Feminism, Barack Obama, 2008 Election and Gender, Politics News

Steinem said that she sees racism and sexism as linked, but the piece ends up conveying something opposite.

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Race, Gender and Class in Twenty Aught Eight

Ann Medlock | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Multinationals, Progressive Review, Hillary Clinton Iron My Shirt, Gen Y, Class War, Dream Candidate, Gloria Steinem, Republican Oppo Teams, Re-Regulation, First Woman President, Race, Feminism, Injustice, Barack Obama, First Black President, Gender, 08 Election, Conservative Christians, Iron My Shirt, Corporations, Gloria Steinem New York Times, Jim Hightower, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Class, Blue-Collar, Barbara Jordan, Politics News

In the blue-collar world, in the world of conservative Christians, and among many of the military, "Iron my shirt" isn't an unreasonable order. It's the way things have been and ever shall be.

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The Fence

Rebecca Walker | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Second Wave Feminism, Gloria Steinem New York Times, Sexism, 2008 Election and Race, Gloria Steinem, Women and Politics, Racism, Hillary Clinton, Gloria Steinem Hillary, Feminism, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Third Wave Feminism, Politics News

The idea that young women are too naive to realize the pervasiveness of sexism is an old Second Wave feminist trope used to dismiss and discredit an entire generation, many of whom now support Obama because he doesn't insult them.

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Chris Matthews, The Continental

August J. Pollak | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Misogyny, Msnbc, Hillary Clinton, Feminism, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Chris Matthews, Sexism, Politics News

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