Category: Sexism
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 28, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Florida, George Bush, John McCain, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Sexism | 82 Comments
Tonight kicks off the World Series. The Phillies meet the Yankees at Yankee Stadium, with the game starting at 7:57 (why do they pick such weird times?). The game will be broadcast on Fox (sadly - that means having to listen to Tim McCarver and Joe Buck go on and on. No [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Oct 19, 2009 in Barack Obama, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Employment, Gender Bias, Hillary Clinton, MSNBC, Media Bias, Misogyny, Morning Joe, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Women | 61 Comments
Co-written with Reverend Amy.
MSNBC is devoting the week to news and opinion stories on the dramatically shifting power and influence of women in America. The week’s reports, led by Maria Shriver and John Podesta, is called “A Woman’s Nation.” Below you’ll find videos of two segments that contain impressive statistics on the growing [...]
By Ani on Sep 14, 2009 in Abuse, Feminism, Media Bias, Misogyny, PM Gordon Brown, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, State Department, Washington Post, Women, Women and Children | 44 Comments
Christian Science Monitor’s article today, The Potential In Hillary Clinton’s Global Campaign For Women tells us “no other Secretary of State has so focused on women’s rights. It’s a powerful shift.” The editorial board of CSM states:
When Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Africa last month, she visited war-racked eastern Congo to speak [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 19, 2009 in Abuse, Africa, Bamboozling, Current Affairs, Feminism, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, Gender Bias, Hoodwinking, MSM, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Misogyny, Obama's Broken Promises, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Washington Post, Women and Children, World News | 48 Comments
Faithful NQ reader, CG, mentioned recently that the Washington Post actually did a very nice article on Secretary Clinton’s recent trip to Africa. Well, you coulda knocked me over with a feather. This morning, in my daily “DipBlog” from the State Department, sure enough, there it was, along with a link to an [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 17, 2009 in Abuse, Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Feminism, Gender Bias, Human Rights, Misogyny, Sexism, Soldiers/Veterans | 139 Comments
I know, not the kind of headline one might expect from me, to put it mildly. This is a quote from the following article, What women’s lib? 70 Percent Of Americans Think Women Should Take Spouse’s Name After Marriage. Say whaaa??
The results of this article came out the other day, though one [...]
By Ani on Aug 16, 2009 in Abuse, Africa, Bill Clinton, Bush/Cheney, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Misogyny, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism | 37 Comments
Judith Warner penned an excellent article in the NY Times on Friday, “Hillary Fights a Tide of Trivialization.” She speaks of the vital mission that Secretary Clinton was engaged in while touring Africa, to promote the rights of women and children and also build bonds with partners and allies. Warner points out the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 8, 2009 in Current Affairs, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Washington Post, Women | 32 Comments
Recently I had the following video in my post, “Hatred Rears Its Ugly Head.” It is the not-at-all-funny video of Chris Cilliza and Dana Milbank making a blatantly sexist statement, among other not-funny “entertainment”:
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 4, 2009 in Chelsea Clinton, Crime, Current Affairs, DNC, David Shuster, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Flip Flopping, Gay Rights, Gender Bias, Hate Speech, Hoodwinking, Media, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Misogyny, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Priorities, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Washington Post | 16 Comments
You may have seen this report of Gay youth who were murdered in Tel Aviv:
The spontaneous march in response, the solidarity evident, brought tears to my eyes.
While we are on the subject of the GLBT community, as of this writing, according to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, 332 service members have been dismissed under DADT [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 26, 2009 in Environment, Sexism, Women | 6 Comments
I was taking a look at the news, how the House is trying to ram through Obama’s Health Care Initiatives before the recess, even if it means running over a bunch of Democrats to do it, much less people actually reading the damn thing, and all I could do was shake my head. I [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 25, 2009 in Current Affairs, Gender Bias, Sexism, Women | 8 Comments
For a bit of a departure from politics, I get to write about my other two loves, baseball, and soccer (aka, football). First to baseball:
This doesn’t happen very often. In fact, it has only happened EIGHTEEN TIMES EVER, including this game. A perfect game. Wow. It is not the same [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Jul 20, 2009 in Abuse, Sexism, Women, Women and Children | 22 Comments
(expanded and bumped up from the weekend)
As I read Amy Suskind’s excellent piece “Sit Down and Shut Up” on the marginalization of American women in politics, I couldn’t help thinking about all that the suffragettes endured - ridicule, beatings, and imprisonment in their quest to gain the right to vote for American women. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 20, 2009 in Barack Obama, Delegates, Democratic National Convention, Electoral College, Feminism, Hillary Clinton, Misogyny, Rules and Bylaws Committee, Sexism, Women, Women's Suffrage | 32 Comments
Sunday and Monday are the 161st Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, the first Women’s Rights Convention. As a refresher, here is a bit of history on that auspicious occasion:
The seed for the first Woman’s Rights Convention was planted in 1840, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton met Lucretia Mott at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, [...]
By Amy Siskind on Jul 1, 2009 in Feminism, Sexism, Women | 201 Comments
I am the president and co-founder of The New Agenda. This article was originally published at Huffington Post.
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It’s not personal, it’s business. Revenues have been decreasing at an escalating rate in all business lines. Major losses in the main subsidiary have been financed through intercompany borrowings. Despite the financial hemorrhage, management has been [...]
By Divine Democrat on Jun 26, 2009 in Abuse, Chicago, Crime, Current Affairs, Misogyny, Sexism, Women | 50 Comments
Written by: Mary Ellen of Bad Habit
Personally, I’m not one to follow the Hollywood gossip news, my life has enough drama in it so I don’t need to watch it on TV. So, why am I bringing them up in my post? I’m doing it to show there seems to be an ongoing [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 23, 2009 in Abuse, Crime, Current Affairs, Sexism, Women and Children | 44 Comments
I saw this discussion on Kelly’s Court prior to the trial of Chris Brown, who was facing felony charges, possibly an attempted murder charge, against Rihanna. Let me go ahead and warn you now that the photos of Rihanna are graphic:
By Pat Bakalian on Jun 20, 2009 in Gender Bias, Sexism, Women and Children | 11 Comments
Father’s Day is a time to acknowledge the unique role dads have in raising the next generation of boys and girls. Both men as well as women need to be actively involved in raising children.
Dr. Michael S. Kimmel asks in his article Why Men Should Support Gender Equity
Why should men participate in the movement [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 19, 2009 in Abuse, Chelsea Clinton, Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Freedom of Speech, Gender Bias, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Media Bias, Media, Television, Misogyny, President Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Women, Women and Children | 79 Comments
(bumped up in light of Olive Garden no longer running ads on CBS “Late Show” with late night comic David Letterman.)
But all women, in my humble opinion. That is what David Letterman did with his sexist comments regarding Governor Palin and her daughter (and it doesn’t matter if he meant the OLDER one - [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Jun 11, 2009 in Media Handling of Story, Media, Television, Misogyny, Sara in Italy, Sarah Palin, Sexism | 155 Comments
Having recently returned from vacation, I am trying to catch up on all things political. As my title states, I see the attacks on Sarah Palin are still quite popular. Dang, has any woman ever posed such a threat to so many that she, and her children, were subjected to such public attacks?
From No [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jun 4, 2009 in Al Qaeda, Current Affairs, Gender Bias, Jihadists, Middle East, President Barack Obama, Sexism, Terrorism, Unitary Executive Powers/Signing Statements, Women and Children, Women's Suffrage | 150 Comments
When Peter Daou writes, I read. As many of you know, Peter Daou headed Hillary Clinton’s campaign Web site and her site’s blog operations. I always admired Peter’s attempts to post at Daily Kos (one of his countless tasks), where he was cruelly torn apart for supporting Hillary. But he kept on, hoping [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jun 1, 2009 in Feminism, Gender Bias, Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Women | 21 Comments
I got this announcement — which condemns NOW for letting Hillary down — from Dr. Lynette Long. Dr. Long, a dedicated supporter of Hillary Clinton who campaigned for John McCain in the general election contest, began the great No Quarter radio show on Monday nights. Due to illness, Dr. Long turned over the [...]