2010 03/03

Top ten attacks on conservative women…that you never heard about

You can’t read CosmoCon very long without noticing how the media blatantly ignores the misogyny directed towards conservative women often by other women. Last week, I wrote about feminists attacking the women who attended CPAC. The Culture and Media Institute at Media Research Center put together a top ten list of attacks against conservative women. [...]

2010 31/01

Keep Your Eye on Jenny Sanford

Jenny Sanford, soon-to-be ex-wife of Governor Mark Sanford, is a person to watch. She’s an interesting character, emerging from the shadows as a traditional political wife only after her husband publicly destroyed their marriage. Politico covered an event where Sanford urged conservative women in South Carolina to run for office: “Women understand the conservative issues [...]

2009 28/12

Conservative Women Aren't New

The emergence of conservative women is invigorating on the right and baffling to the left. A.C. Kleinheider’s piece in the Nashville City Paper would be funny if it didn’t capture the begrudging puzzlement of the larger media as to why the conservative movement suddenly looks so female: Beyond a steady rightward shift and an increasingly [...]

2009 06/12

The War on Taylor Swift

There are days when I think I should have lived in the 1950s. Fabulous clothes, nice manners, traditional gender roles and lots of martinis. Forget social media. Life would have been better. When I read about what feminists are trying to do to Taylor Swift, I have those moments. Earlier this week, I posted a [...]

2009 28/11

The Fragmentation of Women's Politics

After finishing Going Rogue, I immediately delved into You’ve Come A Long Way, Maybe by Leslie Sanchez. After reading a few critical reviews of her book on feminist blogs, I was intrigued. Bottom line, this is a definite read. Sanchez takes a much more nauanced view of feminism and modern electoral politics. As a Republican [...]

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