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Hillary Sexism Watch: Castrating Bitch Edition »

By Melissa McEwan on Apr 7, 2008 in Hillary Clinton, Sexism | 170 Comments

By Melissa McEwan of Shakespeare’s Sister blog
Part Seventy-Six in an Ongoing Series. (Previous parts linked at end of post.)
Are you fucking kidding me, Josh Marshall? Because I quite honestly can’t believe that a person who identifies as a progressive and has two brain cells still knocking together doesn’t understand why it’s problematic, [...]

Take Your Boobs and Go Home »

By Melissa McEwan on Mar 28, 2008 in Democrats, Hillary Clinton | 96 Comments

Originally posted at Shakespeare’s Sister blog.
Shorter Nicholas Kristof: Hillary’s a bitch, and she only has a right to stay in the campaign if she behaves like a good girl. Also, the Clintons are an amorphous two-headed beast who are barely Democrats.
There is a fair argument to be made about the wisdom of a protracted [...]

I Have Questions for Barack Obama »

By Melissa McEwan on Jan 30, 2008 in Barack Obama, Bush/Cheney, Republicans | 85 Comments

By Melissa McEwan of Shakespeare’s Sister blog
Responding to the SOTU address, Senator Obama concluded his remarks with the following:
Each year, as we watch the State of the Union, we see half the chamber rise to applaud the President and half the chamber stay in their seats. We see half the country tune in to watch, [...]