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The XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc...
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I don't know how this escaped my notice, unless maybe it's because I never read anything newspaper ombudsmen (or ombudswomen) have to say, and not only because they are so boring. (With the business model failing, the industry in apparent freefall, staffs Read More...
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On Convictions, a thoughtful post from Rich Ford, in response to Kim and Melinda . Rich is the author of The Race Card ( much more here ). In thinking about whether Clinton supporters who say they'll back McCain are motivated by racism, he writes: Of Read More...
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Yes, Kim , it is definitely the Age of Entrenchment, and I don't think I'm pretending that schoolyard taunts of any sort are unheard of, or that what happened to my friend's child is any particular reflection on Obama's campaign. But I don't want to be Read More...
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Melinda , George Will has a plan for how to bring Hillary voters back into the Obama fold - scare ‘em! On Hardball Monday night, George Will said he suspects that "three quarters of the country at this point does not know that John McCain is pro-life" Read More...
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But, back to living women who are entertaining the thought of McCain-ing. ...You know how during the primaries, we kept writing that supporting Obama over Hillary didn't make us woman-haters or even bad feminists? Belatedly, with the help of my McCain-flirting Read More...
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Just received this e-mail from a friend, a Washington lawyer who is a lifelong Democrat and a generous donor to the party. She supported Hillary in the primary and is undecided about what she'll do in November: I just read your XX column , and I wanted Read More...
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Anne , maybe you're right that the next female candidate will have to prove she's less divisive, but I'd reject that test as tedious and unfair. Why should Ms. Whoever Comes Next have to answer for Hillary's sins (such as they are)? In the short term, Read More...
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I spent the day of Hillary's concession speech at a college reunion with one of my oldest friends, and we were talking about the ways, negative and positive, in which Hillary's campaign has served as a role model for our (suddenly!) 41-year-old selves. Read More...
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For different reasons, Kim , I, too, have been utterly mystified by the phenomenon of the Angry White Women, the "feminists" who appear to be upset by Hillary's defeat, and who interpret it as some sort of blow against women. Partly this is because, as Read More...
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Way to woman up. Read More...
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Dahlia, thank you so much for your piece ; finally, the scales are falling from my eyes. I have been, I must admit, a bit bemused by the rise of the Angry White Woman (AWW) this year. That older white women should support Hillary Clinton with passion Read More...
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Emily Bazelon, Melinda Henneberger, Dahlia Lithwick, and Meghan O'Rourke chatted about Hillary on washingtonpost.com this afternoon. Some excerpts: Dahlia weighed in on idea that young feminists don't understand how hard it was back in the 70s: "I think Read More...
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You've been reading their thoughts on Hillary Clinton's campaign for the last six months or so. Here's your chance to ask a question! XXers Emily Bazelon, Melinda Henneberger, Dahlia Lithwick, and Meghan O'Rourke will be chatting online on washingtonpost.com Read More...
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Amen (so to speak), Dahlia and Melinda . My quick take-away was this: Hillary Clinton is trying to create an equation between her campaign and a kind of religious quest. She told her supporters that every vote of theirs was a "prayer." (So votes for Obama Read More...
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When you call my name, it's like a little prayer/ I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there/ In the midnight hour I can feel your power/ Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there —Madonna OK, so now we know what's on Hillary's iPod. But was Hillary's Read More...
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Just finished watching Hillary Clinton’s unconcession speech. I guess we should give her credit for the fact that her supporters now look sufficiently angry to set small brushfires. It would have been hard enough to choke down all the quasi-messianic Read More...
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Hillary was on her game tonight. She looked good. She spoke well. She touched on the groups of voters she feels she owns and the problems of theirs she wants to solve. And, alas, she went from more conciliatory (congratulating Obama) to less (I won the Read More...
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Congratulations, Barack Obama! And bye-bye, Hillary. But don't be sad, die-hard Hillary supporters—you've still got a presumptive presidential nominee who values Hillary's experience and her contributions to his campaign, who's willing to take Hillary Read More...
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So here we all sit, waiting for the lady in the pantsuit to go ahead and sing. It's going to be hard for anyone who cares about equality and multiculturalism and common ground and all that jazz to feel joy at the end of this slugfest, regardless of where Read More...
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About Clinton I have nothing to say. But I do want to give a shout out to my girl, Marjorie and say this: I've got your back! Anyone brave enough to write about the fallout from the gender wars for Newsweek , that magazine of Middle America, is going Read More...
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