Category Archives: Feminism and Politics

Here is the commercial: The new ad features Republican National Committee Director of Hispanic Outreach Bettina Inclan, who in the ad purports to be an average woman voter who supported Obama in 2008. She describes her disillusionment with the president … Continue reading →

Phil Mitsch, a Republican candidate for the NJ State Senate, tweets “motivational tips” and “realtionship tips,” among others.  From his Twitter account came this message: “Women, you increase your odds of keeping your men by being faithful, a lady in … Continue reading →

From the National Council for Research on Women, this short description of the three women who are sharing this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Leymah Gbowee was featured in the film Pray the Devil Back to Hell and shared her story … Continue reading →

Earlier this evening New York Representative Anthony Weiner admitted that indeed the infamous underwear bulge was his.   Weiner held a press conference in which he acknowledged that he had sent an underwear-clad picture of himself with an erection to a … Continue reading →

U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.) recently introduced a bill in Congress titled the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” It is bill number 3 in the House of Representatives. As Representative Smith explains to NPR: “The fact that it is … Continue reading →

For some time now, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette‘s Monday business section has been devoted entirely to law and the legal profession. In this morning’s edition, there was an interesting article about the dearth of women candidates for judgeships on statewide courts … Continue reading →

From the FLP mailbox, this information about the 7th Annual National Young Feminist Leadership Conference, March 12-14 in Washington, D.C.  More info and registration is here. -Bridget Crawford

Courtesy of the Rutgers Center for Women and American Politics, this table showing how female candidates fared in yesterday’s elections: General Election State Office Dist. Candidate Name & Party Seat Won Lost AK Lt. Gov. Diane Benson (D) O U.S. … Continue reading →

North Carolina Senate candidate Wesley Meredith has released what has to be one of the most bizarrely sexist ads of this campaign season.  Courtesy of Care2 blogger Laura Smith-Gary (link), here’s the transcript of the spot above: [click of sound … Continue reading →

According to Gallup editor Frank Newport: I looked at the 8,700+ interviews conducted with registered voters in the month of September. I found that 41% of men were very enthusiastic about voting in the midterm elections, compared with 28% of … Continue reading →

From the LA Times, “It’s a Strange Year for Gender in Politics,” by Kathleen Hennessey of the Tribune Washington Bureau: In one of the stranger moments in the Nevada Senate debate Thursday, Sharron Angle, the ever-grinning, grandmotherly GOP Senate candidate, … Continue reading →

That was more or less the topic of this conversation earlier in the week on WNYC, the public radio station in New York, between guests Betsy Reed, executive editor of The Nation, and Rebecca Traister, senior writer for Salon.  A … Continue reading →

I missed this post earlier in the summer over at Indisputably, the ADR Prof Blog.  Andrea Schneider (Marquette) writes about Obama’s ‘Feminine’ Communication Style: A few weeks ago, Kathleen Parker, a writer for the Washington Post, likened Obama to a … Continue reading →

Here’s the Washington Post’s take on it: A new video shows Ken Buck, the leading Republican candidate in a Colorado Senate race, repeatedly using the word “bull—-” and saying that voters should choose him over his female primary opponent “because … Continue reading →