Hillary Clinton Sexism

Olbermann Names NPR's Rudin "Worst Person" For Sexist Clinton Comment

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media


I wrote in this space last week about a remark Keith Olbermann made about Hillary Clinton, one with which I and others took issue as having sexist imp...

On Sexist Media Coverage of Hillary Clinton

Jessica Wakeman | Posted 04.27.2008 | Media


Jessica Wakeman

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

Chris Matthews Demonstrates Our Fourth Estate is Third Rate on Real Time (And Nobody Notices!)

Katie Halper | Posted 04.21.2008 | Media


Katie Halper

On Friday's Real Time, Chris Matthews spoke from a position of fabricated and self-appointed authority, this time as as the spokesman of all blue collar men in Pennsylvania.

Not Just Any Woman

Keli Goff | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


Keli Goff

The majority of anti-Hillary sentiment may not be steeped in sexism. Hillary Clinton was viewed as polarizing long before she ever ran for president.

Why Younger Women Aren't Supporting Hillary

Carlotta Cooper | Posted 04.04.2008 | Home


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.

The Cost of Being a Woman (Candidate)

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics


Carol Felsenthal

No candidate, but especially a woman, can afford to look homely or ordinary or even tired. If Clinton dared it, that would be the topic of conversation among, not only the media, but the voters as well.

How to Deal with the Historic '08 Candidacies

Will Durst | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics


Will Durst

Since all three candidates have proven to be a bit, shall we say, delicate, a hastily compiled handy reference guide is in order.

Why We Must Oppose All Forms of Injustice

Ellen Bravo | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics


Ellen Bravo

Oppression, alas, is not a zero sum game. The fact that Hillary Rodham Clinton has been subjected to outrageous displays of sexism throughout this campaign doesn't mean racism has been defeated.

Unmasking Sexism In Media Coverage Of Hillary Clinton

Elaine Hopkins | Posted 03.11.2008 | Home


Elaine Hopkins

Deeply rooted sexism in the US as seen in the campaign coverage of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "hurts us all," Bradley University professor emeritus B...

On Hillary's Femininity (And How She Misused It)

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics


Andrew Belonsky

It may have been prudent for Clinton to have highlighted her feminine wiles -- or, at least, biology -- to her advantage.

In Paris, Shock of the New

Kate Betts | Posted 02.29.2008 | Living


Kate Betts

Is the anti-Hillary movement in the fashion front row just a case of piling on? Or is it French male chauvinism?

A Woman in the White House

Jennifer Baumgardner | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics


Jennifer Baumgardner

A bitter reality is beginning to sink in for me, a daughter of Second Wave feminism: a "woman" could be president, but we don't mean any woman who actually exists.

L'Affaire Shuster: Big Camel, Big Straw

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media


Some people thought this called for Shuster's firing, but they're wrong: It called for an examination of a pattern of behavior. At this point, Clinton and her team should know that any more is gonna smack of politics; her point has been amply, amply made.

MSNBC's David Shuster: Chelsea 'Pimped Out' by Hillary

Taylor Marsh | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics


Taylor Marsh

This frat boy, anti-Clinton wingnut-channeling tirade targeting Chelsea Clinton has proven that Shuster's not up to the job or the position to which MSNBC has bestowed on him.

Cold, Calculating Hillary

Kim Mance | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics


Kim Mance

Yes, Hillary is calculating. She's calculating exactly how carefully she has to say things not to be construed as a bitch or a nag by our stereotyped gender lens.

Pushing Back Against the Hillary Haters

Jane Hamsher | Posted 02.04.2008 | Home


Jane Hamsher

If Hillary Clinton does pull this thing off, she will have done so against the seemingly insurmountable weight of 16 years of being the target of misogny and hatred.

My Hillary Problem: Redux

Alison Owings | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics


Alison Owings

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

Disunited We Will Never Stand

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics


Margaret Heffernan

Women -- not men -- pass judgment on her marriage as though this has serious bearing on her performance as a legislator. Men don't need to do it, because women do it for them.

It Was Eight Years Ago Today (But It Seems Like Eighty)

Erica Jong | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics


Erica Jong

Do we need another president learning on the job? I think not -- even if his heart, unlike Dubya's, is in the right place. Give Hillary a break.

Monsters in the Democratic Id

RJ Eskow | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics


RJ Eskow

The entire Clinton team could suddenly have become accident-prone when it comes to racial statements. But there are books on subliminal messaging in politics and they have read them.

Chris Matthews, The Continental

August J. Pollak | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics


August J. Pollak

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Barack Obama, John Kerry and Access Hollywood

Sherman Yellen | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics


Sherman Yellen

Thanks to the Hollywoodization of the news, exemplified in the Obama candidacy, candidates are put on a red carpet to be examined much as film stars on the way to the Oscars.

How the Gilmore Girls Could Have Helped Hillary Clinton Predict her Political Fate

Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media


Jennifer L. Pozner

Journalists have been quick to insist that we will pull the lever for or against Clinton based on whether or not she makes us feel all warm and fuzzy.

Will Things Be Different When Michelle Obama Runs For President?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics


Kathleen Reardon

We should admit that being a woman is different from being a man and that expectations differ with regard to how we comport ourselves in private and public life.

Seeing Sexism

Erica Jong | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics


Erica Jong

It's different this time, say the women of my daughter's generation. We've won the battle. We don't need the White House. Say what? We don't need it? We're past it?