AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
There's a ridiculous article I just read on AP or Reuters (I don't know which, and don't plan to link), talking about how both Hillary and Sarah Palin were both victims of torrid sexism. Puhleez. First off, don't dare put Sarah Palin in the same camp as Hillary for anything. While I'm still not convinced that Hillary suffered any more sexism than Obama suffered racism, the idea of suggesting that Sarah...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
What do you think? Did Fey s skits play fair?
The Motley Moose - Front Page (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Here, on the Moose, we have had several discussions about sexism. Most of these discussions have centered around the American media and its role in the recent elections. Although the discussions could get quite heated at times, they proved to be interesting and enlightening. The discourse, as happens frequently on the Moose, was often wide-ranging. For example, someone would raise an anthropological...
News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Retired General Merrill McPeak, a former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and an adviser to Barrack Obama's campaign, has acknowledged that his views on women in the military have been rooted in personal, unsubstantiated beliefs, which he held even when they conflicted with the needs of the military. As the Palm Center's Dr. Nathaniel Frank discusses in today's New Republic, McPeak's personal support...
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Source: The Palm Center SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 25 -- Retired General Merrill McPeak, a former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and an adviser to Barrack Obama's campaign, has acknowledged that his views on women in the military have been rooted in personal, unsubstantiated beliefs, which he held even when they conflicted with the needs of the military. As the Palm Center's Dr.
Ward's Kitchen (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
by Zack Huhn You always hear complaints about how women have to deal with the stereotypical media roles that degrade how women are portrayed in society. Let’s discuss how men have to deal with the SAME stereotypes. Get over it — media glamorize being beautiful and powerful or important, regardless of sex. Many times, men often play one of a few stereotypical roles in media, which if the same reaction...
THE CENTRIST (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Obama Adviser on Gay Troops Has Record of Sexism
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Brigadier General Evelyn Foote, who sat on a military Advisory Council to the Obama campaign, attended one of the 1992 Congressional hearings in which McPeak said he would choose a less qualified male over a more qualified female. Foote, who was also an adviser to the military's Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, said McPeak was not capable of dealing well with diversity issues in...
Feministing (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Check out Hannah Seligon's great overview of how the entire world woke up to sexism in the media thanks to the last year of political coverage. There's a special focus on the Women's Media Center, definitely an organization to know....
The Independent (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
If a scintilla of disappointment was detectable in Lawrence Summers today as President-elect Barack Obama presented him as the next chief of the National Economic Council, everyone knew why. His big mouth was the reason he didn’t get that other job that used to be his, Treasury Secretary.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
If a scintilla of disappointment was detectable in Lawrence Summers today as President-elect Barack Obama presented him as the next chief of the National Economic Council, everyone knew why. His big mouth was the reason he didn’t get that other job that used to be his, Treasury Secretary.
NO QUARTER (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
At a Presidential Election Analysis forum at Smithsonian Associates, Howard Dean finally found some grit and an earnest attitude on the “untold story” of sexism in this presidential campaign. [H/T cameoanne at Partizane.com for offering up this video in her great post, Too Little, Too Late.] And she sure got the title right. Now [...]
Idolator (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
"One of his microphone stands was festooned with red, white and blue brassieres, though he switched to one draped with the American flag for the ballads." From Jon Pareles' review of Hinder's (Although I suspect you, like Dan Gibson, guessed that the quote was about Hinder from the moment your eye flicked across the lingerie reference.) [ NYT ]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Australia's efforts to shrug off its reputation as a chauvinist backwater have been dented by the crowning of an outback mayor as the country's most sexist man.
Sky News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
An Australian mayor who begged unattractive women to move to his hometown to counter a lack of eligible women has been crowned 'sexist of the year'.
