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The XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - Posts
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With her surprise victory tonight, Hillary Clinton has fared far better than the polls suggested—and that’s because she “got the women back,” as CNN just put it. In Iowa, Obama carried women 35 percent to Clinton’s 30 percent. In New Hampshire, according Read More...
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Give me a break , indeed. Like Emily Y. , I can scarcely believe what I'm seeing on this video of the former president, who in theory is in New Hampshire trying to help his wife get elected. The mere sight of a defiant Bill Clinton waving his finger around Read More...
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Many in this forum have been asking - is Hillary losing out to Obama because she's a woman, or because she's not the woman we've all been waiting for? In other words, are Americans somehow incapable of electing an XX, or just not this particular XX? So Read More...
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The Drudge Report is linking to a video of Bill Clinton on the campaign trail attacking Obama. Drudge's headline is Bill's line about Obama's favorable coverage, "This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen." But if you watch the whole clip Read More...
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Dahlia (and others): I don't think your point and mine are mutually exclusive. I certainly agree that sexism/the death of feminism is not why Hillary lost Iowa; she lost Iowa, and Obama won, for the very reasons you point out: Obama represents the possiblitiy Read More...
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I'm inclined, as you are, Emily, to downplay the role of sexism in Hillary's recent fortunes, but I'd say she's bent over backward to try to dispel a sense of entitlement. The puzzle to me--and to her, to judge by her choked-up moment--is still why that Read More...
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I also read Gloria Steinem's NYT op-ed on Hillary and sexism twice because I hoped on the second reading I wouldn't find it such a load of hooey (and I admire and am grateful to Steinem for her pioneering work as a feminist). Her opening thought experiment Read More...
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I didn't find Gloria Steinem's op-ed nearly as gentle a nudge as Meghan did. In fact, she walked in and gave me whiplash: I do not want to be made to feel like a traitor if my vote is not gender-based. She says "I'm not advocating a competition for who Read More...
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Emily , Melinda and Meghan . All of you offer compelling observations about how the smoke pouring out of the feminist brain today, and yet I have to disagree. I read Steinem’s op-ed twice this morning; the first time because I agreed with her so wholeheartedly, Read More...
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I thought Gloria Steinem's op-ed in the New York Times today performed an important service: It aptly—but gently—reminded us that it’s really hard to talk about sexism in this country. Partly that's because most of us, as Steinem points out, don’t like Read More...
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Our feminist heart strings are really being pulled, aren't they? Hillary welling up yesterday (which I agree with your take on, Melinda ), Gloria Steinem reminding us that women candidates still face big meaningful obstacles that men don't—even black Read More...
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