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What’s Worse — When the Media Mock Political Women or Ignore Them?

Friday, August 13, 2010

The media love to mock women in the political world by using sexist terms that demean us and make us out to be something not worthy of serious consideration. We saw that time and time again…

Hillary Clinton — Reproductive Rights & Gender Equality Essential to Global Prosperity

Sunday, January 10, 2010

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When people get themselves all riled up when the term “reproductive rights” comes up, it’s usually only about abortion. What many of us forget is that having control of when women (and sometimes girls) have children and how many…

Best of PunditMom 2009 — Maybe Republicans Just Don’t Like Girls

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

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My Twitter acquaintance Leslie Sanchez wrote an interesting book this year, You’ve Come a Long Way, Maybe: Sarah, Michelle, Hillary and the Shaping of the New American Woman. While I wasn’t crazy about the frequent references to the…

Imagining a World Where Girls Come First: Is It Just a Matter of Venus and Mars?

Monday, December 7, 2009

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I know Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a little busy right now with the President’s announcement that we’re sending more troops to Afghanistan. But there is something besides war and managing all those male egos around the world on…

Is Sarah Palin Creating Her Own Sexism?

Friday, November 20, 2009

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My gut reaction when I saw the cover of Newsweek with Sarah Palin in her tight runner’s shorts, coyly posed in that former beauty queen stance, I was ready to throw something heavy at editor-in-chief Jon Meachem. Looking at…

Sarah Palin: Going Rogue All the Way to the White House?

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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Sarah Palin in 2012? Some are chuckling, but they might want to rethink their take on the first woman on a GOP presidential ticket. Conservative pundit David Brooks laughed out loud at the suggestion, calling her a “joke”. Others…

I Want to Host the Hillary/Sarah Coffee Klatsch

Monday, November 16, 2009

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As she’s hawking her forthcoming book, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin says she ’s open to a sit down with Hillary Clinton! You say that’ll never happen? They’re too far apart on the issues? I don’t know — they both…

Not “America’s Next Great Pundit” — Yet!

Monday, November 2, 2009

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I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed that I didn’t make the cut for finalists in the Washington Post’s “Next Great Pundit” contest. I’m not quite sure why the Washington Post is doing such a thing. Last time…

If Not Hillary, Then Who?

Monday, October 12, 2009

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said this weekend that she won’t run for President again. Now, I know that even unequivocal statements can always be changed, but if Hillary means what she says, then who is our best hope…

Hillary Clinton is a Social Media Animal! Who Knew?

Friday, April 17, 2009

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been called a lot of things in her day, some of them not so complimentary. “Social media animal,” however, probably isn’t a term that Hillary ever thought would be attached to her…

Hillary Clinton & Digital Town Hall from the Dominican Republic

Thursday, April 16, 2009

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Feel the need for a tropical getaway but don’t have the funds? Well, how about watching Hillary Clinton’s Digital Town Hall in the Dominican Republic, live, right here at PunditMom? You can even submit questions ahead of…

Maybe We Should Call it the Women and Girls League of Justice?

Friday, March 13, 2009

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Little by little, I’m starting to become more convinced that the Barack Obama administration is really going to help change things when it comes to women and children here and around the world. I’ve questioned before whether a White House…