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Who made gender an issue?
Today's question: Is gender more a media obsession or a real concern of voters? How likely is it that former Hillary Clinton supporters will break for John McCain because of Sarah Palin? Previously, Mangu-Ward and Marcotte discussed whether a socially...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Entertainment, Barack Obama, Labor Day, Constitutional Issues
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Is Palin's parental prowess fair game?
Today's question: Is a female candidate's performance as a mother truly off limits during a campaign? Previously, Mangu-Ward and Marcotte discussed the GOP’s downplaying of Cindy McCain's success as a businesswoman, the media’s focus on...Tags: Rape, Bristol Palin, Entertainment, Family, Children
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First lady -- a glorified housewife?
Today's question: At their convention, Republicans ignored Cindy McCain's impressive business accomplishments and instead focused on her record of philanthropy. Why is a strong woman a good VP candidate but not a good first lady? Previously, Marcotte...Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Career and Workplace, Michelle Obama, Culture, Cindy McCain
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Where are the pro-Palin feminists?
Today's question: Could a socially conservative female candidate ever appeal to feminists? Previously, Marcotte and Mangu-Ward discussed Gloria Steinem's comments on Sarah Palin.
Social conservatism harms women Point: Amanda Marcotte
It's almost...Tags: Entertainment, Family, Minority Groups, Dance, Human Rights
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Palin: wrong woman, wrong message
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...Tags: Shirley Chisholm, Iraq, Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama, Government
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Netroots on shaky ground
IT'S IRONIC. At precisely the moment so many people think that the Republican Party and the conservative movement went off the rails, the people who hate the right the most want to copy it. That's the upshot of an alternately brilliant and tendentious...Tags: Parties and Movements, Ralph Nader, Philosophy, Al Franken, Newt Gingrich
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Sally Ride had the cool to break the barriers
Sally Ride had the coolest name. Perfect for the first American woman in space. On that day in 1983 when she shattered the ultimate glass ceiling aboard the shuttle Challenger, many in the crowd of a quarter-million people watching the launch — a...
Tags: Jane Fonda, Maryland Science Center, Space Programs, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Al Gore
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An undead romance dies
Liz Smith"I HAVE the most perfect confidence in your indiscretion," said the 16th-century clergyman, Sydney Smith. I SUPPOSE it is an indication of how pallid are the personalities of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, that the current "scandal," involving...Tags: Feminism, Oprah Winfrey, Charlize Theron, Eddie Fisher, Lesley Stahl
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Of women and media . . . and Nora Ephron
Liz Smith"I AM ASHAMED that women are so simple!" says Katherina to Petruchio at the end of "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare. She goes on to say, "to offer war where they should kneel for peace." (I think Shakespeare knew Kate was merely...Tags: Feminism, Rihanna, Academy Awards, Whoopi Goldberg, MSNBC (tv network)
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New leaf
To understand why the hiring of Brian Bannon as Chicago's public library commissioner caused a more-than-ordinary stir, let us quote a learned cultural authority. That authority is not Socrates. It is not Shakespeare. It is not Goethe. Nor is it...
Tags: Merle Haggard, Health, Chicago Public Library, Human Rights, Chicago Reader
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Unclassified Info: Thanks for taking part in the debate
What do I have in common with a growing list of authors that include Salman Rushdie, Lemony Snicket, Gloria Steinem and Alice Walker? If you said we’re regulars at Mario’s deli, you’d be wrong. Except in my case, where you would have...Tags: Federal Reserve, White House, Libraries, Salman Rushdie, Alice Walker
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Commentary: Why girls need fathers as they develop
Can a woman raised without a father feel psychologically whole? The question came to mind while watching the funeral service for Whitney Houston several months ago. A beautiful, gifted woman, she rose to incredible heights, only to jettison her career...Tags: Feminism, Whitney Houston, Depression, Health, Family
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