DOES HILLARY ACTUALLY WANT DENVER? A Rocky Mountain News story about Hillary Clinton benefiting from Denver being selected to host the 2008 Democratic National Convention is spot-on. Yet a source close enough to the site machinations told me last week that Clinton is really pushing for New York. I confirmed with Clinton blogger nonpareil Peter […]
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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MAKING FLEX-TIME RESPECTABLE
MAKING FLEX-TIME RESPECTABLE … by portraying it as “macho”? A radical idea! If all employees make use of flexible hours and paid family leave, then women are less likely to be penalized for doing so. The Wall Street Journal (subscription req’d) reports today that some companies, including the accounting firm Ernst & Young, are attempting […]
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AN END TO ABSTINENCE FUNDING?
AN END TO ABSTINENCE FUNDING? Backers of abstinence-only education are starting to worry that their funding will be cut off when Democrats assume control of Congress. A Christian news service reports that a “Republican source” says “the staff of liberal Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman is in the process of rewriting the set of definitions of […]
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FETAL PAIN IN THE ASS.
FETAL PAIN IN THE ASS. As expected, the House rejected the ridiculous fetal pain bill, which would have required abortion providers to inform women that fetuses are capable of feeling pain, and offer the option of fetal anesthesia. The legislation would have applied to any woman carrying a fetus “20 weeks or more after fertilization.” […]
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HITCHENS ISN’T FUNNY
HITCHENS ISN’T FUNNY. I’m disappointed in myself for allowing Christopher Hitchens’ idiotic “provocation” to, um, provoke me. If you don’t want to bother reading the whole convoluted essay, I’ll summarize his key point: Women are nothing but baby-makers. For this reason, they are serious about everything and have deeply impaired senses of humor. I guess […]
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THE FIRST FEMINISTS
THE FIRST FEMINISTS. You think modern feminists have to put up with the “hairy-legged man-hater” stereotype too often? Just imagine what it must have been like for these ladies. New research says neanderthals died out because their womenfolk didn’t want to stay home and take care of the babies — they wanted to join in […]
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THE MORNING-AFTER PILL CONSPIRACY.
THE MORNING-AFTER PILL CONSPIRACY.The Center for Reproductive Rights and the activists at the MAP Conspiracy are well aware that the fight over Plan B access isn’t over, and they’re trucking right along with their lawsuit against the FDA for its decision to ignore the science and deny Plan B over-the-counter to teens. A New York […]