On AlterNet: katha pollitt

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Health Care Bill Throws Women Under the Bus on Reproductive Rights

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 22, 2010.

Despite the many good elements in the health care bill, it deals a heavy blow to the pro-choice movement.

Julie & Julia: Women Excelling at Work

Katha Pollitt, The Nation. September 7, 2009.

Julie & Julia is that very rare movie about women's struggle to express their gifts through work. Not a boyfriend, a fabulous wedding, a baby or escape from a serial killer.

Women's Media Group Protests Washington Post Video

deleted, AlterNet. August 4, 2009.

The Washington Post produced a sexist and racially insensitive video; video gone, but still no apology.

NY Times Book Review Smears Katha Pollitt

Susan J. Douglas, In These Times. October 24, 2007.

The New York Times Book Review's recent nasty review of Katha Pollitt's memoir is only the latest in a long line of outlandish attacks on feminists.