Republicans are trying to distract from the war on women that they started (and are losing voters over) by manipulating economic data to claim that President Obama has hurt women workers while in office. Watch me unleash some facts:
In my latest essay for Fox’s opinion page, I detail the (very long!) list of things Republicans have done in the last year to undermine women’s health and welfare and conclude:
While women voters might rather focus on jobs and the economy, watching Republicans jeopardize women’s health and reproductive freedom while slandering those who try and stand in their way is enough to make women demand not only good jobs and fair pay but political leaders who respect the liberty and rights of women in America.
President Obama’s campaign may be paying for fliers and advertisements to attract women voters, but in this regard, Republicans are giving him the kind of help that money can’t buy.
Lately, I’ve found myself having to explain why Rush Limbaugh calling Sandra Fluke a “slut” is dramatically different from women themselves using the term in so-called “Slut Walks”. Somewhere between the complex answer of a dissertation on Critical Race Theory and the overly simple response of a one-fingered salute is the following:
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I’m a long-time admirer of the incredible reporting and analysis of Feministing.com so I was thrilled when they wanted to interview me about my role at Fox News and other details of my life.
My favorite part? They asked who my real-life feminist hero is:
My daughter is three-and-a-half. I watch her and the sense of possibility around her and the fact that in her lifetime, hopefully before she graduates high school she will have a female president. She can look up and down her block, around her family and see women in strong roles, see men in nurturing roles, she can see two men who have kids—the whole spectrum. I look at her as a constant reminder both of how far we’ve come. Also, for her, she will take it for granted and I hope she does. I hope that when she’s a teenager I have to wag my finger at her and take her to see Gloria Steinem and say you better appreciate this! That’s the gift we give to the next generation: their ability to take for granted how far we’ve come and also be outraged that we haven’t gone further. In that sense, she’s pushed my vision for what is needed and possibly further than anyone I’ve ever known.
Read the rest of the interview here, which includes tidbits about my favorite food and what recent news story made me want to scream.
In which I draw a giant, pink sword…
I discuss the sexual harassment claims against Herman Cain with CNN’s Carol Costello and Ruben Navarette.
“Cain may rise or fall depending on how this story plays out. Frankly, I don’t care. What I do care about is whether, in the way we talk about this story, we’re creating a climate in which sexual harassment is allowed to fester.”
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In case you missed it, here’s me reading the riot act to the INjustices of the Supreme Court over their atrocious dismissal of the Wal-Mart class action suit.
Based on a speech I gave at the Brooklyn Museum of Art on June 11, 2011, for the organization Code Pink, this narrated slideshow asks why women’s bodies are so regularly, flagrantly violated while the arguably fictitious borders of nations are fiercely defended. It’s an intellectual but pointed meditation on the ideas and ideals that are shaping all of our lives right this minute.
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Talking Schwarzenegger and sexual assault, health care reform vouchers, federal contracting disclosures and more!!
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