The XX Factor : glass ceiling

It's All Relative

Marjorie Valbrun — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:42:00 GMT

Melinda , good point about Caroline Kennedy playing by the rules of the old political guard. Judith Warner, a columnist for nytimes.com, recently wrote an op-ed for the paper implying that Kennedy is not playing by the rules at all. She posits that Kennedy...(read more)

The Contender?

Noreen Malone — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:10:00 GMT

Last night I watched The Contender , a movie about the nomination of a female vice-president. It's mostly concerned with post-Lewinsky prurience and takes sexual politics to an absurd level to make that point (gang-bang allegations? Really?) but left...(read more)

Carolyn Maloney Does Fine on Colbert (And Why, Again, Do I Care?)

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:38:00 GMT

Was Carolyn Maloney not adorable on Colbert last night? She has a new book out, Rumors of our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated , about how little the wage gap has narrowed over the years—and what is the glass ceiling made of, Plexiglas? But Maloney...(read more)

Moving Up the Ranks

Kara Hadge — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:58:00 GMT

I'm encouraged by the announcement from the Department of Defense yesterday about the nomination of Army Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to the position of four-star general. If the Senate confirms her nomination, Dunwoody will be the first woman to attain a...(read more)