Gloria Steinem

A New Holiday! "Independents Day"

Lea Lane | Posted 07.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Gloria Steinem, Single Life, George Clooney, Derek Jeter, Solo Life, Emily Dickenson, Solo, July Fourth, Living News

How about a tribute to independents who bear the burden of higher per-capita taxes, single supplements, awful blind dates and endless questions about our happiness?

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Women Get Respect -- Part 2

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women & Girls Collective Action Network, The Jewish Women's Archive, Migrant Health Promotion, The White House Project, Gloria Steinem, Barbara Dobkin, Fema, Ms. Foundation for Women, Marie C. Wilson, Suzanne Braun Levine, Women's Voices for Change, Ms. Magazine, Feminism, Gloria Steinem New York Times, United Houma Nation, The International Museum of Women, Democratic Primary, Politics News

For countless women, Gloria Steinem is the personification of their own struggle with gender issues. From the stage, she paid homage to women of accomplishment in their respective fields that were in the audience.

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Emotional Day for Hillary Backers: My Report From the Speech

Scott Shrake | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Building Museum, John McCain, Ted Danson, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Gloria Steinem, Candy Crowley, Mary Steenburgen, Blackberry, Dana Milbank, Terry McAuliffe, Hillary Clinton, Charles Schumer, Barack Obama, Politics News

Slowly, famous people appeared on the floor. Terry McAuliffe did several laps, which I thought it was a little bit much. I don't think he deserved his ego moment -- losing elections doesn't earn you anything in my book.

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Obama Can Reach Hillary's Female Loyalists

Lisa Witter | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton Women Voters, Obama, Women Voters, Gloria Steinem, Hillary Clinton, Madeline Albright, Geraldine Ferraro, Politics News

Many women saw Clinton's tenacity and wished they would have had it when they lost a promotion or job because of their gender. Many saw her outcome as theirs. This loss runs deep.

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Let's Bring Back...Part VI

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 06.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Let's Bring Back, Woody Allen, Living News, Manolo Blahnik, Romance, Nostalgia, Joan Didion, Sex and the City, Gloria Steinem, Weddings, Style, Living News

Ladies and Gentlemen: With great pleasure, I present the sixth installment of my Let's Bring Back series. A quiet homage to Vogue legend Diana Vreel...

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Sex & the City, What's Your Point, Honey?

Ashley Van Buren | Posted 06.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The White House Project, Sex and the City Movie, Amy Sewell, Whitehouse Project, Whats Your Point Honey, Cosmo Girl, Whats Your Point Honey Movie, Susan Toffler, Sex and the City, Gloria Steinem, Entertainment News

While Sex & the City features appearances from the likes of Candace Bergen and Andre Leon Talley, What's Your Point, Honey?, a documentary, gives us cultural icons such as feminist leader and founder of Ms. Magazine, Gloria Steinem.

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Great Head at the Midtown Tunnel

Joyce McFadden | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Betty Freidan, Tina Brown, Susan Sontag, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker Magazine, Gloria Steinem, Demi Moore, The Office, Sexuality in the Media, Annie Leibovitz, Media News

The naked woman was on her back, cupping a breast in each hand, with her legs crossed and bent at the knees. Next to her was an iced bucket of twinkling long neck beers grazing her thigh.

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Why Hillary Lost My Daughter and Me

Mona Gable | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gloria Steinem, Hillary Clinton, Feminism, Feminist Split, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News

If only she had been the right woman at the right time. Millions of young, middle-aged and older women in America placed their faith in Clinton's candidacy, only to find her wanting.

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On Sexist Media Coverage of Hillary Clinton

Jessica Wakeman | Posted 04.27.2008 | Media

Clinton's run for the Democratic nomination has been awash with the most dispiriting ridicule I have seen in my (albeit short) lifetime.

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New York Magazine's 'This Is New York' Issue Cover: Very White, Lots of Dudes

Jessica Wakeman | Posted 04.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Madonna, Woody Allen, Gloria Steinem, Sex and the City, Spike Lee, NY Mag 40th Anniversary, Pop Culture, New York City, New York Magazine, New York Magazine This Is New York, New York Magazine 40th Anniversary, Women in Pop Culture, Carrie Bradshaw, Ariel Levy, Emily Nussbaum, NY Mag This Is New York, David Letterman, Rhoda, Media News

I did a doubletake when I arrived home tonight to see the cover of New York magazine's "This Is New York, 1968 - 2008" issue. Apparently the cultural titans among us are very white and have penises.

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Me and Anonymous: A Conversation

Rebecca Walker | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Feminist, 2008 Election and Race, Gloria Steinem, 2008 Election and Sexism, Third Wave Feminism, Barack Obama Race, Race, Hillary Gender Election, Feminism, 2008 Election, Patriarchy, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Second Wave Feminism, Sexism, Hillary Clinton, Tina Fey, Politics News

The suggestion that women are monolithic and asleep and need to "wake up" is part of the problem endemic to Second Wave Feminism.

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Gloria Steinem Doing Some Repair Work On The Glass Ceiling Over Hillary Clinton's Head

236.com | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton supporter Gloria Steinem made headlines at a rally in Austin on Sunday when she mocked John McCain's POW experience, "This is supposed...

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Your Pill is Safer Because of Her

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control Pill, Women's Health, Barbara Seaman, Gloria Steinem, Contraception, Birth Control, D.C. Liberation, Barbarah Ehrenreich, The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women, The Doctor's Case Against the Pill, Politics News

Barbara Seaman, who died today, rallied to educate people about the politics of the health care industry -- in connection with the Pill and so much more.

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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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Obama, Clinton and the War

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

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Clinton's apologists include Gloria Steinem and too many other feminists, who should know better than to betray the women's movement's commitment to peace in favor of simplistic gender politics.

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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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Clinton vs. Obama: Lest We Forget

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Hillary LBJ, Civil Rights Act, Hillary Clinton MLK, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama Martin Luther King, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Women and Politics, Gloria Steinem, Lbj, Hillary Clinton, Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama Race, Gloria Steinem Hillary, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Politics News

The challenge confronting me and others, who worked with Dr. King, is how to set the record straight without appearing to third parties to be playing the so-called "race card".

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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

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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

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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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A New Civil Rights Wave?

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Frances Harper, Betty Friedan, Sojourner Truth, Women's Liberation Movement, Gloria Steinem, Hillary Clinton, Hitler, Barack Obama, Bell Hooks, Germany, 2008 Election, Feminism, Politics News

Vote for Clinton, but not on the basis that someone of color has no right to occupy the White House. Vote for Obama, but not on the basis that no woman has a right to become president.

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Gender, Race and the Presidential Election: A Response to Gloria Steinem

Sally Kohn | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gloria Steinem, Hillary Clinton, Feminism, Barack Obama, Sexism, Politics News

It's probably true that if Barack Obama were a biracial woman, he might not be where he is today. But if Hillary Clinton were an African-American woman, she probably wouldn't be either.

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Playing the Class Card

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Race 2008, Gender Card, Gloria Steinem, John Edwards, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Politics News

As long as Hillary Clinton, and now Gloria Steinem, has chosen to play the women's card against the race card, let me throw in a third one: the class card.

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Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: What the Clintons Learned From Iowa

Jeff Chang | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Youth Voters, Hillary Clinton New Hampshire, Youth Vote, Youth Vote in Iowa, Women Voters, Barack Obama Iowa, Gloria Steinem New York Times, 2008 Presidential Race, Gloria Steinem, Youth Vote New Hampshire, Womens Vote, Clinton Race, Newt Gingrich, Young Democrats, Bill Bradley, Politics News

If you're a left-leaning college student, know that for the next several weeks, you will be the most courted youth in the history of American politics.

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