Sarah Palin’s Extreme Makeover

Sarah Palin received $150,000 worth of new clothes from the Republican National Party since her nomination was announced in September, according to a recent Politico story.

The public and the media confused beauty with money upon Palin’s debut, heaping praise on Palin’s good looks, a mistake made so often in the United States that beauty [...]

NYT, Far Left Seek to Destroy White Male Power Strucure

John McCain and Bill O’Rilley say “no way” to the destruction of white male Christian power structure!
Ok, so maybe I’m paraphrasing a bit. But I’m not fudging the white male Christian power structure part; that’s verbatim. Check out the wacko exchange below, and notice how McCain appears to be scared of O’Rilley. Maverick [...]

N.O.W Endorsed Obama Today

Citing their efforts in support of women’s rights, N.O.W endorsed the Obama/Biden ticket today.
NOW supported Sen. Hillary Clinton in the primary, and now we join with her in saying “NO” — No Way, No How, No McCain! And we proudly stand arm-in-arm with her in putting our hopes and our dreams, our hard work and [...]

McCain-Palin Peak

In this NYTimes video Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says that the McCain-Palin campaign has peaked.
Are we ready to move beyond lipstick, pigs, and pitbulls?  We’ll see.
The first presidential debate is about two weeks away – Friday, September 26th.
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Behar Calls Out McCain’s Lies on The View

Remember when feminism meant talking truth to power?
Joy Behar, the resident comedian and proud feminist on the View, shows us what feminism looks like when she looks Presidential Candidate John McCain in the eye and asks him how he can approve campaign commercials that are based on lies.
Barbara Walters also reminds McCain that he has [...]

Republican Land Shark Deja Vu

As I was watching the Republican convention, I had a serious feeling of SLN deja vu.
Since the end of the convention, the details of the skit causing the deja vu swam around at the edges of my mind, not quite breaking the surface. I mulled.
Sarah Palin’s description of herself as harmless hockey mom.
John McCain’s [...]

How do you spell ‘future’?

I wrote the following as part of a letter to the editor recently (it was cut, even though the letter was published):
In joining those who imply that feminism’s work is done, this writer forecloses investigation of some of the most significant and damaging ideas that arising from responses to the Clinton bid for presidency: that [...]

A Giant Step Back

Watching the coverage of PUMAs at the Democratic National Convention is painful, particularly as I read well-reasoned and thoughtful analysis like Susan Faludi’s New York Times op-ed, knowing full well that she won’t get much of a mention on prime time news or CNN.
I’m not a PUMA—I don’t have that much passion about anyone I [...]