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Feminism is Alive and Well ... Even Sarah Palin Wants to Be One

Posted on Jul 9, 2010, Source: @Katie Couric

Gloria Steinem, grande dame of the feminist movement, and Jehmu Greene, Women's Media Center director, discuss the state of feminism with Katie Couric.

Gloria Steinem: Why We Should Be Both Optimistic and Cautious About a New Report on Women in the Workplace

Posted on Oct 19, 2009, Source: Women's Media Center

The Shriver Report stands to attract some serious (and overdue) attention to a woman's role in the workplace. Whether that will translate to action is yet unclear.

Gloria Steinem Debates Racism and Sexism in the '08 Election

Posted on Jan 11, 2008, Source: AlterNet

An exchange between Gloria Steinem and progressive leader Sally Kohn about a recent NY Times op-ed on identity politics in the '08 campaign.

Gloria Steinem: In Defense of the 'Chick Flick'

Posted on Jul 7, 2007, Source: Women's Media Center

I propose, as the opposite of "chick flick," films called "prick flicks." Not only will it serve film critics well, but its variants will add to the literary lexicon.

Hillary and Barack: Right Candidates, Wrong Question

Posted on Apr 4, 2007, Source: Women's Media Center

It's way too early to know which candidate will earn trust or survive Swift-boating, but forcing a choice between race and sex only conceals what's really going on.

Why Being a Feminist Does Not Mean Backing All Women

Posted on Jan 16, 2007, Source: Women's Media Center

It's OK not to care if Condi Rice goes down with a sinking ship or if Katherine Harris, the woman who handed Florida's electoral votes to Bush in 2000, enters history as an unprincipled crook.

Will Sex Ever Make Us As Smart As Race?

Posted on Nov 1, 2002, Source: AlterNet

Imagine what the country might be like if white women were to vote with a little more of the self-respect and enlightened self-interest of, say, African-American male voters.
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