Daphne Merkin, The Daily Beast. November 20, 2008. Change may well be coming to Washington. But the public discourse about women has taken several steps backward.
Rebecca Hyman, AlterNet. September 16, 2008. Palin's VP run reveals more dimensions to sexism in America. And merely weeding out a few bad apples like Chris Matthews won't solve the problem.
Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check. September 15, 2008. Feminists believe in voting for a candidate based on what he or she will do for women. Unfortunately, Palin's uterus alone won't help much.
Don Hazen, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. September 11, 2008. There is a remarkable guerrilla war going on, where everything that feminism stands for is being turned on its head.
Suzanne Braun Levine, SuzanneBraunLevine.com AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. September 5, 2008. Sarah Palin is a milestone, for we achieve true gender equality when an incompetent woman goes as far as an incompetent man.
Bernadette Barton, On The Issues Magazine. August 20, 2008. Our culture and media are obsessed with strippers. But in real life women who dance for a living inspire rabid sexism.
Cynthia Kling, Huffington Post. August 6, 2008. Susan Squire on why it will take more than a couple of decades to transform a 5,000-year-old institution.
J. Goodrich, AlterNet. July 30, 2008. That's the reason circulating in the media for why more women aren't in politics. That conclusion is convenient -- and flawed.
Kate Sheppard, In These Times. July 24, 2008. McCain is ignorant about pay equity, wants to overturn Roe v. Wade and likes to brag about his "sexual conquests" and visits to a strip club.
Jennifer Waldref, Women's eNews. July 10, 2008. Research shows pay discrimination isn't going anywhere soon. Neither are promotion barriers, sexual harassment or bias against mothers.
Susan J. Douglas, In These Times. July 8, 2008. Our culture's conflicted attitudes toward femininity (too much is weak) versus feminism (too assertive) leaves women with no place to stand.
Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. June 18, 2008. At a stimulating confab on the election, our author declares: My feminism is about gender and racial justice, global security and community ethics.
Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. June 3, 2008. The anger of Clinton supporters should be channeled at the media, not Senator Obama.
Jill Hussein C., Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: Health and Wellness. June 3, 2008. Sexism is rampant in the way the health insurance industry doles out coverage.
Jessica Valenti, Seal Press. May 30, 2008. "Slut" is applied to women engaged in any activity besides knitting, praying, or sitting perfectly still lest any sudden movements be deemed whorish.
