Gloria Steinem on Palin

Here’s the good news: Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing — the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party — are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to women — and to many men too — who have picketed, gone on hunger strikes or confronted violence at the polls so women can vote.

Courageous Women

‘Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity,‘ repeats Connie Schultz in her 2004 column about the  women’s suffrage movement.  It was sent to me in an email a few days ago.  And it’s sparked my curiosity  The truth of it is that I don’t know much about it.  I know the names, Susan B. [...]

A friend of mine wrote today: “I am angry and very worried.”  Another sent me a letter she has written to Governor Palin.  Still another wrote: “I am so mad.  Everything I’ve worked for is dismissed in one night by this woman’s presence on the Republican stage.” I am angry too.  Very angry.  And very, [...]

Sarah Palin Gender Card | The Daily Show | Comedy Central

Take a look at the Daily Show’s September 3, 2008 broadcast on Sarah Palin’s nomination. It’s nothing but a side by side comparison of the pundits words from months ago when they were talking about Hillary and Barack Obama and now when they talking on the same subjects – ability, experience, leadership, gender politics and [...]

Palin Scares Me.

Senator McCain’s choice of running mates has scared me since the moment I heard it.   Governor Palin was a brilliant option if you measure only for political maneuvering.  But if you measure it along the criteria that matters — is this woman ready to be our President — then this choice is an unmitigated [...]