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After watching one of Obama’s latest re-election campaign ads, I’m wondering if Obama is wishing it were 2008 again. This new ad begins with imagery that evokes the 2008 McCain/ Palin logo and strangely features Palin as the subject of attack, who as we all know, is not running for President in 2012. And yet, here we have an attack ad against Sarah Palin. It IS an attack ad, complete with mischaracterizations and a bizarrely edited Palin …

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Here’s a riddle: What do Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters and Patty Murray have in common? Well, they all descend from royalty of course! Or at least that’s how their adversaries would classify them.
Elizabeth Warren was recently coined “Queen Elizabeth” by the Scott Brown campaign when they registered a ‘Queen Elizabeth Warren’ website in anticipation of the Senate race.
In a 2009 article, Andrew Sullivan mockingly referred to …

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Marvell Scott, Reese On The Radio file photoYes, another clear-cut case of sexual assault has a man walking free without jail time. The accused pedophile, Marvell Scott, left his job as a sportscaster for WABC one year ago to return to being a full-time doctor. This week, he has pleaded guilty of misdemeanor for endangering the welfare of a child, a 14-year-old girl who has accused him of rape. Scott did not plead guilty to …

Issues that pertain to women and girls are rarely approached in Hollywood. At least not in an authentic way. Take the issue of the sexual assault of underage teen girls by adult men. Hollywood gives us Lolita and a bevy of other seductress “teens” who, often enough, are played by older female actors.  In these films, the sexual exploitation of teen girls is misrepresented, romanticized and eroticized. Meanwhile, teen girls have little voice.
“Trust” is a different sort of film. The movie is about the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl and …

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Recently my almost 4-year-old daughter picked out Pinkalicious at the library. In the book a little girl named Pinkalicious must stand up to a group of mean girls clad in black clothing. The follow up to Pinkalicious is called Purplicious (oh yes, this is a series) which details yet again…how Pinkalicous must stand up to a group of mean girls dressed in black clothing. Ugh.
A week later I receive an adorable looking book about a mouse named Chrysanthemum. Oh joy! …

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Click on this cropped image to see the full list of comedy shows (David Letterman, etc.), from the Web site, Statette.tumblr.com.Question: What is Liberal Dude Nation and what does it look like?
Answer: Liberal Dude Nation is the encompassing collective of liberal men who do not represent women. Liberal Dude Nation can also be noted for their incessant belief that the best man for a job is… a man. And er, it looks pretty …

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Dear Kathy Griffin,
I saw pictures of you at your recent performance for the troops. You looked extraordinarily fit and you must be thrilled. I am saying this because I remember watching you on your cable show ( before you got extraordinarilly fit) and you used to complain about your body incessantly. I never understood your disgust because you looked so much like the women I see all around me. But then again you live amongst the A listers! So …

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Joe Miller, the Tea Party backed Republican contender for U.S Senate in Alaska, is at it again.
Back in August his campaign likened opponent Lisa Murkowski to a prostitute in a tweet . And now Miller himself stars in a new and attempting-to-be-clever advertisement that claims Murkowski is NOT a witch… merely witch-like.
So I must ask… why do male politicians and the media insist on calling female politicians witches?  Hillary Clinton, Nancy …

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So we all know now that (former) Governor Jerry Brown does not think much of calling a woman a whore. His hasty apology during the most recent debate reeked of insincerity as he went on to excuse his campaign by oddly reminding us that the sexist slur was said behind closed doors. Oh, and being called a “whore” is nothing compared to being called a “nigger,” Brown suggested to the women of California.
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Everyone knows Gwyneth Paltrow as the tall and thin, beautiful and blond Oscar-winning actor born into a wealthy and connected Hollywood family. Her mother, Blythe Danner, is a celebrated actor and her father, Bruce Paltrow, directed famous television shows such as St. Elsewhere and The White Shadow.  I can imagine this stellar lineage helped the talented Paltrow get her foot into the film industry. And yet, I have recently learned that her privileged background could not protect her from being sexually harassed. During an Elle magazine interview Gwyneth recently spoke of her …