Why, after Geraldine Ferraro‘s comments, didn’t Hillary Clinton stand up and deliver a speech on how she sees race in America? Ok, ok, of course I understand why Obama was the one expected to offer a definitive statement on race. I just don’t like it very much. People of color are not the only people […]
Ann Friedman
Ann Friedman is a columnist for New York magazine’s website and for the Columbia Journalism Review. She also makes pie charts for The Hairpin and Los Angeles magazine. Her work has appeared in ELLE, Esquire, Newsweek, The Observer, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and many other outlets. She lives in Los Angeles, but travels so often the best place to find her is online at annfriedman.com.
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TICKING TIME BOMB, WITH A CRESCENDO OF STRINGS.
Via Matt, it appears House Republicans have hired director Joel Surnow to create this self-parody: Unbelievable. –Ann Friedman
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Solidarity Politics
After so many years with “white male” as the default political identity, we’re all suddenly forced to think about how much a candidate’s race, gender, and background should matter.
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THE GEENA DAVIS EXCUSE.
K-Lo declares that the real reason people say they aren’t ready for a female president is… bad Lifetime movie portrayals of female presidents. Because we all know that sexism has nothing to do with it. Nah, it’s because people don’t want life to imitate crappy TV dramas. –Ann Friedman
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ON THIS MLK DAY…
A few links: Rick Perlstein explains what conservatives just don’t get about the Civil Rights leader. Nubian Waves discusses why this is a holiday about beliefs and actions. And Afro-Netizen looks at King‘s influence on electoral politics. –Ann Friedman
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HILLARY, GLORIA, AND THE VAGINA LITMUS TEST.
They may be on opposite ends of the political spectrum, but Gloria Steinem and Michael Barone seem to be in agreement that young women’s lack of support for Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses indicates that they are in denial about the pervasive sexism in American society. Barone: Today’s young women voters are different. They […]
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NON-JOURNO IOWA.
After spending a leisurely holiday week with my family in Iowa (not on the trail as a journalist), a few random impressions: Everyone seems to be annoyed at the onslaught of Edwards junk mail. My parents (who live in the eastern Iowa city of Dubuque) estimated they get five times as much mail from (or […]
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BURN, DICKIE, BURN.
Over at Dick Cheney‘s office, apparently the document burning is fully underway. –Tom Schaller
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HUCK-A-BINGE.
Mike Huckabee is the subject of my column for the Baltimore Sun today, and a great commentary by Slate’s John Dickerson, too. Plus, Sarah Posner‘s FundamentaList this week is an all-Huckabee edition. –Tom Schaller
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WE’RE NOT SAYIN’ IT’S AN ISSUE, AND IT JUST MIGHT BE A GOOD THING…
Everybody in this town knows that when politicians or political writers offer even a slightly inaccurate or improperly-contexted utterance about Everybody in this town knows that when politicians or political writers offer even a slightly inaccurate or improperly-contexted utterance about Hillary Clinton, a ton of rapid-response bricks are brought down upon their head. And if […]
