The XX Factor : Hillary Clinton' '08 election

Yes, Hillary (Because I'm Rooting for Tracy Flick)

Emily Bazelon — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:49:00 GMT

My fellow Emily , as usual I read your acerbic post and find myself about to disavow my own previously held views. Why did I find myself aflutter over the prospect of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton again? Oh right: She could ace this job! You are...(read more)

Post-Feminist at Last

Hanna Rosin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:37:00 GMT

It is tempting to believe that Hillary seemed so relaxed, and confident, and generous this afternoon because she has finally accepted her place. And that place is, once again, second to a giant of male charisma. But this would be insulting, and also not...(read more)

She's Just a Regular Gal

Emily Yoffe — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:38:00 GMT

David Brooks raises an excellent question in his column today about demographics and the Democrats: I understand why affluent, college educated voters are drawn to Barack Obama, but how did Hillary Clinton become the candidate of the working class voter?...(read more)

Guess Who Came to Breakfast at the White House! (In Which We Get More Joy From Hillary's Schedule)

Rosa Brooks — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:09:00 GMT

Noooo... it wasn't Monica. It was the Rev. Jeremiah Wright , of course, joining Bill and Hillary for a breakfast with "religious leaders" on Sept. 11, 1998. There is a lovely photo , too. Q. Does this mean Bill & Hillary are closet Wright parishioners...(read more)

Or Let's Return to Langston Hughes?

Emily Bazelon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:08:00 GMT

I love that Woolf quote, Judith , and it's sadly apt, lo this century later. And I think you're right that's both Hillary's own doing and a product of how she's been treated. But I wonder about your claim that she has weathered horrors and Obama's hasn't....(read more)

Overtime

Liza Mundy — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:18:00 GMT

I hear you, Hanna and Emily et al.—OK, pretty much everybody, now—and no doubt you're right, but I have to confess that I don't feel entirely ready for this to be over. I like this contest. I like the analysis and entrail-reading. I like getting up in...(read more)

"A Woman's Place Is in the Kitchen"

Hanna Rosin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:43:00 GMT

Today, the front page of the Washington Post has another installment in the "feminists are pissed" series dominating the press (and soon to dominate more if Hillary loses today). They call her a witch, a hag, an old bimbo, say the leaders of NOW. They...(read more)

Out of Control

Emily Yoffe — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:33:00 GMT

Newsweek's Jon Alter has a piece about Bill Clinton's recent hostile and aggressive campaign behavior. Alter quotes former Clinton lawyer, now Obama supporter, Greg Craig wondering "if Hillary's campaign can't control Bill, whether Hillary's White House...(read more)

The Authenticity Robot

Julia Turner — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:30:00 GMT

Dahlia argued yesterday that Obama is appealing because it's simpler "to be yourself than to be a piece of precision machinery." At the outset of Hillary's victory speech last night, she claimed to have had an epiphany along these lines: "Over the last...(read more)