We are excited to announce the creation of The New Agenda Facebook Page. Our Facebook Page provides a simple, powerful and fun way to interact with each other while automatically spreading the important message of The New Agenda.
As you may know, Facebook is an incredible outreach tool with viral potential. If you would like to help us reach that potential, all you have to do is follow these three steps:
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Editor’s note: Beginning this month, The New Agenda Blog will be featuring regular columns from a diverse group of contributors. Ann Bartow is a professor of law at the University of South Carolina. As a legal scholar she writes on intellectual property law and feminist legal theory. Ann also maintains the popular Feminist Law Professors blog.
I know, I can hardly believe myself that I’m writing a blog post with that title in 2009. But in some environments, wearing pants as a woman is still considered a privilege that …

The Ms. fiasco has bubbled up to CNN and they’re doing a story on it this week. Amy Siskind, the president and co-founder of The New Agenda, was interviewed on tape this morning at the CNN studio. Kathy Spillar, the executive editor of Ms., will also appear in the story.
The segment is scheduled to air between 6 and 9 am this Thursday on the American Morning show. We should know a more precise time tomorrow. Portions of the segment will also be repeated on CNN throughout the day, and we’ll …

Sen. Clinton at her confirmation hearing, January 13, 2009Senator Clinton’s confirmation hearing this morning reminded us all of what brilliance, competence, and feminism look like.
I loved this bit: “The ancient Roman poet Terence, who was born a slave and rose to become one of the great voices of his time, declared that ‘in every endeavor, the seemly course for wise men is to try persuasion first.’ The same truth binds wise women as well.”
This was her statement on women’s rights:

“Our foreign policy must reflect our deep commitment to the …

Editor’s note: Beginning this month, The New Agenda Blog will be featuring regular columns from a diverse group of contributors. Gretchen Glasscock is Founder and President of Advancing Women, an organization and web portal that supports equity for women and minorities in the workplace through career and financial parity. She’s also the editor of the Advancing Women Career & Biz Blog and a co-founder of The New Agenda.
Remember those Looney Tunes animated cartoons where the characters Wile E. Coyote (also known simply as “The Coyote”) and the Road Runner …

(Editor’s note: This post is presented in both Spanish and English.)
La Nueva Agenda le da la bienvenida
Les presentamos nuestro volante en español de la Nueva Agenda, recién revisado, que se encuentra bajo Grassroots para copiar y distribuir.
Click to download and printEsto es una continuación de lo que Jennifer Lee empezó en su “Grassroots in action!” Jennifer guarda los volantes en su coche para entregárselos a los negocios que visita. Ha notado que les ha gustado a los hispanohablantes la bienvenida que tratamos de hacer en español. …

Originally published at The Daily Beast. Readers and members, be sure to go over to The Daily Beast and leave a comment!
Who is looking out for the women of this country? Well, I will tell you who is not: Ms. magazine.
Ms. was co-founded by Gloria Steinem and Letty Cottin Pogrebin in 1971. The first cover of Ms., emblematic of the women’s movement of the time, was brave and bold. A giant figure of Wonder Woman strides across the landscape, while the caption proclaims, “Wonder Woman for President.” No small irony …

John Edwards for NOW president
This Spring, the National Organization for Women will choose a replacement for Kim Gandy. Here are The New Agenda’s suggestions for potential candidates. Please weigh in with your own.
John Edwards – a true family man
Chris “Tinglepants” Matthews – he knows how to talk to the girls
Elliot Spitzer – he’s feminist enough to pay for extramarital sex instead of just coercing it from an aide (a girl’s gotta make a living, after all)
Rick Warren – because women need a man’s firm hand to guide them
Bernard Madoff – …

Our inbox is flooded with emails on this Ms. Magazine cover.
And no, it is not a hoax.  Apparently, the Special Offer also includes a 18″ x 24″ poster – no joke.
We’ve seen this pattern before, now haven’t we.  Remember Larry Summers suddenly getting all sort of adulating press (e.g. hiring a PR firm to repair his image)?
We are aware and evaluating.

Editor’s note: Beginning this month, The New Agenda Blog will be featuring regular columns from a diverse group of terrific contributors. Sheryl Robinson is a writer and feminist activist. She is a co-founder of The New Agenda and manager of this blog.
On December 19th, 2008, Karla Giraldo told an Emergency room doctor that Hiram Monserrate attacked her, deliberately stabbing her in the face with broken glass, leaving deep gashes around her eye that required 25 stitches to close.
Investigators say Monserrate attacked Giraldo in a jealous rage, believing a business …