Upon further consideration, Name It. Change It. is giving our Award For Creating Sexist Standards For Women In Politics to five “winners” at The Huffington Post. The award will now be shared by Ethan Klapper, politics social media editor at The Huffington Post Politics and Lauren Rothman, Christina Wilkie, Ellie Krupnick and Jessica Misener of Huffington Post Style for the cumulative sexist impact of their work in The Huffington Post that focused on the appearance of women in politics, rather than their policies.
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Love it: “Are we seriously being criticized for an off-hand comment..?"
Could have been a spokesman for Strom Thurmond or Todd Akin or any number of other bozos caught in a stupid comment. The offended sense of entitlement in just that statement ("But we're special! How dare they?!") is palpable.
#1 Posted by JohnR, CJR on Fri 9 Nov 2012 at 01:11 PM
Who the heck is "Long" in the second item? You're missing a first reference. Check the clip.
#2 Posted by Brian O'Connor, CJR on Fri 9 Nov 2012 at 02:22 PM
You're right -- fixed, thanks!
#3 Posted by Sara Morrison, CJR on Fri 9 Nov 2012 at 02:44 PM
"This honor is shared by Chicago Sun-Times’s Dave McKinney, Fran Spielman, and Natasha Korecki, who co-wrote this interview with Illinois governor candidate Lisa Madigan where she was asked if she could handle the job of governor while being a mother to her two young children. Her response: “Wow. Does anybody ever ask that question?”"
Anne Marie Slaughter does:
http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-t-have-it-all/309020/?single_page=true
And the reason is because, without supports, raising kids and career is an increasingly tough gig.
The question was crappy (perhaps a question like "how do you plan to meet the challenges of a political career while raising two kids" would have been better pu), but the discussion is not.
#4 Posted by Thimbles, CJR on Fri 9 Nov 2012 at 03:09 PM
Gee, funny how most of the awards go to women....
#5 Posted by Tommy, CJR on Mon 12 Nov 2012 at 03:55 PM