Feministing (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Let's count the ways that this gem from AllPosters.com makes us feel icky....
Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Yes, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has a lot on her plate: a pregnant teen daughter, a son on his way to Iraq, an infant with Down syndrome and a looming national election. But must her hair suffer ? With her long, straight, often pinned-up locks, Palin looks one humid day away from fronting a Kiss cover band. Oh, for fuck's sake. "It's about 20 years out of date," said Boston stylist...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
By Susan Estrich MY FIRST reaction to the choice of Sarah Palin was that she is no Hillary Clinton. I give her credit for her drive and determination, her willingness to take on special interests and her sheer guts in challenging the Republican establishment of her state.
Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
I haven't watched the Daily Show in a long time, and from what I hear, the folks over there have not been covering themselves in glory where sexism is concerned. But this video? Is why they're awesome. (No, I don't love the comments about Karl Rove's head, but wait until after that.) ETA: I don't have a transcript, but the video shows various right wing fucknecks talking about how the sexist attacks...
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
You may have read about Charles Knipp , a white drag comedian who portrays a black woman. Critics have accused him of furthering stereotypes, and Jasmyne Cannick started a petition to ban blackface performances that mock African Americans. I don’t favor banning such performances; I don’t even know how that could be done under the First Amendment. But I fail to see how he's fighting racism or being...
Hot Air (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
As the mother of an 8-month-old, CNN anchor Campbell Brown can relate to Gov. Sarah Palin . "I love the idea of a mother in the campaign and bringing some of those issues to the forefront," Brown told TVNewser this morning at the CNN Grill. But those issues, faced by millions of working mothers across the nation, have special significance for Palin and for Brown. As Palin campaigns, Brown reports,...
Political Punch (Free subscription) | yesterday
At a press availability just now in York, Penn., I had an opportunity to ask Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, about the pushback from Republicans that the way a lot of the media and Democrats – including some from his campaign...
US News (Free subscription) | yesterday
There has been sexism, but questions about her parenting skills are legitimate.
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thursday's New York Times lead story by Elisabeth Bumiller and Michael Cooper covered Palin's rapturously received speech at the Republican Convention Wednesday night, " On Center Stage, Palin Electrifies Convention ." After describing how she introduced herself to the "roaring crowd" in St. Paul, the Times threw in this dubious assertion: But the nomination was a sideshow to the evening's main event,...
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Jezebel (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Shaker Pizza Diavola [ Though this post isn't explicitly about overt sexism being used against Sarah Palin, there is, in my estimation, a strong undercurrent of "shitty mother with the pregnant daughter" running through this "joke," so I'm filing it in this series nonetheless. —MM.] A friend sent me a link to this picture earlier*—a manip of the Juno movie poster with the faces of Bristol Palin...
Next Generation (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Parliament of the European Union has adopted a text that calls for the need to eliminate sexism from games, which it believes currently contain messages that “are contrary to human dignity and which convey gender stereotypes.” read more
Salon.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
When in the course of history we have firsts, or in this case seconds, like Sarah Palin's historic candidacy for vice president, it is vital that we monitor the prejudices and biases revealed by the ways in which these groundbreaking people and moments are discussed. But just as vital as pointing out sexism is pointing out criticism that is not at all sexist, and keeping Palin's boosters from bastardizing...
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soulfullvibes | 06/11/2008
In a blistering lawsuit charging racial and sexual harassment, a former NASCAR official alleges that she was fired last year after complaining about "virulently racist harassment, a racially hostile work environment and insidious and pervasive race discrimination reflective of a former, uglier era in our nation's history."
