The New Agenda Foundation is proud to be one of the national organizations invited to participate in a day-long radio show on the subjects of domestic violence awareness.
Liz Claiborne holds their seventh annual It’s Time To Talk Day on December 8th.  It’s Time to Talk Day is a day dedicated to ensuring that Americans speak-up about a subject that most people simply prefer not to discuss — domestic violence.  Liz Claiborne created It’s Time to Talk Day to draw major national attention to the importance of talking about domestic violence, …

Newsweek notes that the ladies are notably absent from hero stories. Women are primarily featured in “sexy, tight, alluring clothes (usually with exposed skin between mid-chest and upper thigh). Their most common occupation is being a royal, and their aspirations are limited almost exclusively to finding romance.”
This isn’t a question of feminism; it’s a question of role models. Hey animated Hollywood: Where my girls at?!
Says Newsweek:
For decades, the majority of female characters in cartoons and family films have been mostly stuck behind the macho lead, baring their midriffs and looking …

On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace calls out Republican leadership and defines the Old Boys Club. To see for yourself, watch this (skip to 12:30):
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Chris Wallace asked Rep. Eric Cantor whether the GOP will act as an “old boys’ network” and freeze out newer Tea Party members like Michele Bachmann. Cantor said no, not at all—he’s simply endorsing Jeb Hensarling for conference chair over Bachmann because “we’ve had a history of working together.” “Yeah, but that’s the old boys’ network!” Wallace interjected.
Thank you …

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The 2010 November election, the Day of the Dead, and the 90th anniversary of U.S. women voting all converge with a shrine on display in the “Silver City Day of the Dead Shrine Show” now underway. The exhibit, spread throughout Silver City, New Mexico in 14 businesses and galleries, showcases the shrines of 21 artists. The show runs through November 14, 2010.
“Five Generations and the Million Dollar Wagon” is an example of …

The following op-ed by The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind appears at The Daily Caller.

In the 2010 election, women made history. Since the advent of exit polling data in 1982, women voters have consistently favored Democrats. Not this time. For the first time, women voters preferred the GOP. A rather shocking occurrence given just two short years ago, President Obama had a 14 point advantage with women.
Here’s what is at stake: women voters have decided almost every presidential elections since 1960. The Republican Party has a historic …

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Some of our readers might remember the reprehensible sexism of the repulsive Dana Milbank from back when he suggested that Hillary Clinton should drink “Mad Bitch” beer:
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Or from when he defended Alan Simpson after he likened Social Security to a cow with 310 million tits. Or perhaps from his numerous previous hit pieces against Hillary Clinton, both as a zombie candidate who just won’t die, and as the …

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda. Cross-posted on Fridkris’ blog Eat the Damn Cake and Huffington Post.
Growing up. Instructions for girls: Take off most of your clothes. Look up through the hair falling in your face, wriggle and sway your hips, and writhe around on a bed, then in a club. Simple.
“Miley Cyrus: Too hot to handle?” asks the headline of a clip on Hulu.com. On YouTube, those frustrating people who think they need to …

Politically, Nancy Pelosi and Sarah Palin may have little in common, but David Letterman’s sleazy sexism has changed that.  In his Top Ten Signs late last week, he turned his creepiness on Pelosi, with an unfunny riff on her being “drunk and naked with Charlie Sheen” as indicative of Democrats in trouble.  Throwing ageism into the pot, he earned another cheap laugh with a reference to her “spiked Botox with traces of arsenic” contributing to her descent into “paranoiac madness.”  When Letterman offered up a half-hearted apology awhile back for …

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We have good news.  Despite an extremely difficult election year for Democrats, women held their own!!!
It could have been a washout for gender balance.   Republican women pitched in to help.
Overall, women will maintain 17% in the Senate*, 17% of the House of Representatives**, and 12% of  Governorships.   Is this ideal?  No.  We need to have more women in BOTH parties …

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Kristin Mitchell was murdered by her boyfriend five years ago.
On Saturday November 7th at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, hundreds will be gathering for the 5th annual Kristin’s Krusade – a fund raiser and 5K run that raises money to spread awareness about the dangers of relationship violence. Funds raised from the run “enable the Kristin Mitchell Foundation to sponsor dating violence awareness programs at colleges and communities in the Philadelphia …