A Bernie Sanders spokesperson recently played a desperate and sexist political card against Hillary Clinton. It wasn't a new one, but Sanders' representative surely knew that to call the former secretary of state and U.S. senator the "A" word would, for some voters, bring into question her fitness for the White House without actually having [...]
I don't know why I'm still surprised by the sexism that continues to exist at media outlets today, especially when it comes to anything Hillary Clinton does or says. Even with analysts and talking heads proclaiming that she is the frontrunner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination and that she is more [...]
So my friends over at the Curvy Girl Guide (if you haven't checked them out, you MUST) brought this movie poster to my attention for the remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. As Hollywood movie posters go you might think this one is par for the course -- dark, brooding guy [...]
“You can’t be what you can’t see.” That’s how the award-winning film Miss Representation begins, a movie that takes a critical look at negative portrayals of women in the media and how that undermines the ability of today’s generation of girls to see themselves as future leaders. As the mother of a daughter, I’ve [...]
Many political observers thought that when Hillary Clinton gave us those 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, that finally, FINALLY, women were going to be taken seriously as leaders. Unfortunately, those in the media who are more concerned with selling ads in magazines, as well as perpetuating the myth that the little ladies just [...]
I know Michele Bachmann and Hillary Clinton are at complete opposite ends of the political spectrum, but now that the congresswoman from Minnesota has made her 2012 presidential bid official, she should prepare herself for the inevitable increased amount of media sexism and go to school on Clinton's 2008 experiences. "Flake" and "balloon head" are [...]
The Supreme Court of the United States just told a sexually assaulted high school girl to shut up and go home. They didn't say it in those words exactly, but that was the effect of the high court's decision not to hear an appeal by a Texas teen who was kicked off her cheerleading squad [...]
A couple of months ago, I wondered what would happen for about 1.5 million women when the Supreme Court got its hands on the class-action, gender-discrimination lawsuit against corporate giant Wal-Mart. That's the approximate number of plaintiffs in the case who have alleged they've been victims of institutional efforts by Wal-mart to promote men over [...]
It's been a busy week for me at Politics Daily! You can find me over there this week -- When the likes of Chris Matthews become equal opportunity insulters when they toss around terms like "Balloon head" and "makeup salesperson" about as many men as women when they question someone's gravitas, that's when I'll stop [...]
Twenty years is a long time to hold a grudge. Not that something like that is beyond me -- tick me off in just the right way, and I can carry that grudge until it gets good and heavy! But usually if I'm going to get into a smack-down about something that's made me mad, [...]
Krystal Ball (yes that is her real name!), the Democratic candidate in the 1st Congressional District of Virginia, could be the undoing of conservative women who've complained for years that they're the true victims of sexism and that left-leaning women never come to their aid. There's a certain group that has taken to attacking us [...]
The media love to mock women in the political world by using sexist terms that demean us and make us out to be something not worthy of serious consideration. We saw that time and time again during the 2008 presidential election as talking heads not-so-subtly suggested that Hillary Clinton was only a viable candidate for [...]
My gut reaction when I saw the cover of Newsweek with Sarah Palin in her tight runner's shorts, coyly posed in that former beauty queen stance, I was ready to throw something heavy at editor-in-chief Jon Meachem. Looking at the impact that the former Alaska Governor is having on the political world now is fair. [...]
I'm not the only one who thinks that David Letterman owes us all an apology. But it seems like there are only a few of us.It's probably no secret to some of you that one of my hot button topics lately has been the free ride the media often get when sexism tries to disguise [...]
Testy. Difficult. Nasty. Sharp-tongued. Those are just a few of the words being used by Republicans and the media to describe Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor. If they ring a bell, they should -- it hasn't been long since those code words of sexism were used against another intelligent, accomplished woman in the public [...]
It's always easy to tell when you've hit a nerve with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly because he loses that condescending laugh of his and goes on the uber-attack. It's clear that he's currently on the feminist warpath after being called out for attacking journalistic icon Helen Thomas by comparing her to the Wicked Witch of [...]
I've never been a big fan of Campbell Brown, but she has been proving her journalism chops at CNN in recent weeks. First, there was the interview with John McCain's spokesperson where she wouldn't back down on trying to get some actual information about Palin's foreign policy experience.After that, John McCain canceled his appearance on [...]
While everyone else is talking about Barack Obama and VP roulette, I'm going to talk about Hillary! (You're SO surprised, right?)Hillary Clinton is poking her toe back into the political waters, now that she's taken sometime off to get her head around the fact that she will not be moving back into the White House [...]
For a second-grader, PunditGirl is pretty tuned in to when others are getting picked on unfairly.I guess that's the upside to all the time spent on the playground at school "dealing" with the boys. As you might guess, PunditGirl can hold her own with those seven-year-old alpha males!So I wasn't surprised when she caught me [...]
Can Conservative Women Be the Victims of Sexism?
By PunditMom| September 21st, 2010|Changing the World, Feminism, Making Our Political Voices Heard, Women in Politics|1 Comment
I was honored to be in on a great conversation this week for the Politics Daily online politics talk show Woman Up -- Your Antidote to Too Many Men on Your TV Screen! Interestingly, the topic this week in light of Christine O'Donnell's primary election win in the Delaware Senate race was whether conservative women [...]