http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/radicalfeminists/ en-us Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:30:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279790/posts Sarah Palin is Eve Ensler's worst nightmare. That's all you need to know to understand the dramatic impact of the individual who continues to be the target of a cultural and political elite that looks for "anything that will criminalize and/or humiliate Palin and her family."  Sarah Palin, of course, is the charismatic, conservative Alaska governor who is unapologetically traditional and Christian in her politics and values. And Eve Ensler is the feminist who wrote the play The Vagina Monologues and has been enshrined by our cultural elite for her bizarre, sometimes depraved, and often just plain silly promotion of... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279790/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:30:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276552/posts Thank you, Barbara Boxer, for hammering the final nail in the coffin of angry and irrelevant pseudo-feminism. If there were any life left in its wheezing and flailing body, her latest experiment in the utterly ridiculous effectively pulled the plug. The venomous brand of feminism that cuts men off at the knees to make women arbitrarily taller is no longer credible. When Boxer had the audacity – and some would argue, questionable mental clarity – to publicly scold a US Army general for calling her “ma’am” instead of “senator,” it telegraphed to the rest of the world the sheer inanity... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276552/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:43:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275436/posts Greg Hengler has this interesting but relatively unsurprising clip of Sonia Sotomayor explaining in 1986 the difficulties women face in male-dominated professions, such as the law, as Sotomayor claimed on Good Morning America. The clip comes from a round-table discussion by successful women on the hurdles they faced in succeeding in a man’s world. Mostly, it’s standard boilerplate, except curiously for Sotomayor’s complaint about dating: hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275436/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:14:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263118/posts Quite soon, likely this week, Sonia Sotomayor will arrive on Capitol Hill, where she will be greeted by a gaggle of lawmakers. Nearly all of them will be white. Most will be men. It must be said: These guys are doomed. All of these dark-suited white male politicians, with their crisp shirts and red coordinated ties, will be embarrassingly lacking the key appendage required in American politics today. Through elections and re-elections, grueling fundraising dinners and various travails required for elevation to the highest offices in the land, they thought they had it all! And until now, darn it, they... The Daily Beast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263118/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:54:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256323/posts Take a gander at the YouTube video embedded below, produced and posted online by Media Matters for America, a progressive media watchdog group. Or if you have more important things to do (and I don't blame you) than to watch this venom-spewing performance by a pompous parade of right-wing male commentators, let me describe it to you. A video cavalcade of pompous, annoying, thoroughly unattractive, low-brow guys poke fun at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent clarifications of her position on what she knew (about the Bush administration's use of torture) and when she knew it. usnews&worldreport.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256323/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 15:37:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222952/posts WASHINGTON, April 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a speech to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Awards Gala, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she admires "Margaret Sanger enormously, her courage, her tenacity, her vision." Secretary Clinton said she is "really in awe of" Sanger for Sanger's early work in Brooklyn, New York, "taking on archetypes, taking on attitudes and accusations flowing from all directions." Immediately following a trip to Mexico's Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the pro-life movement, Mrs. Clinton travelled to Texas on March 28, where she was awarded the Margaret... Life Site News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222952/posts#comment Sun, 5 Apr 2009 22:37:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219536/posts Clinton honored for support of womens' rights3/28/2009 12:43 PM By: Associated Press HOUSTON — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said reproductive rights, as well as women's rights and empowerment, are key issues in President Barack Obama's foreign policy. Clinton vowed her support for these issues during a speech Friday evening at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America's national conference in Houston. She was honored by Planned Parenthood with its Margaret Sanger Award, the organization's highest honor, for her work throughout her public service career on behalf of women's health and reproductive rights. Clinton said these rights are building blocks... News 8 Austin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219536/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 04:10:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194937/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Dawn Johnsen, the pro-abortion attorney President Barack Obama selected to become one of his top legal counsels, faced the issue of abortion at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday. Johnsen has drawn strong opposition from pro-life groups.Johnsen, a former NARAL attorney, would become the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of the Legal Counsel if the Senate confirms her nomination.She is currently a professor at the Indiana University School of Law, but she is also a longtime abortion advocate and was the Legal Director for NARAL from 1988-1993.Johnsen has come under fire for equating pregnancy with... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194937/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:17:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193206/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- With his appointment of Dawn Johnsen, a former NARAL attorney, as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of the Legal Counsel, pro-life advocates already know they are getting an abortion advocate in the position. But, Johnsen goes further and views pregnancy as slavery.Johnsen is a professor at the Indiana University School of Law, but she is also a longtime abortion advocate and worked for one of the leading abortion advocacy groups.Johnsen was the Legal Director for NARAL from 1988-1993.In an article at National Review, Andrew McCarthy describes the importance of the Office of Legal... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193206/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:52:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172024/posts For the first time in several decades, the F word is back on the agenda. No, I don't mean that we are all debating the merits of yet another misogynistic chef, but that feminism is taking centre stage. The touch paper was lit by Ms magazine in the US when it placed Barack Obama on its latest cover. He was portrayed, Superman fashion, ripping off his shirt and tie to reveal a costume that said: 'This is what a feminist looks like.' The Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172024/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:43:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170608/posts NOW Cheers Repeal of Global Gag Rule As First Step toward Worldwide Reproductive Justice January 23, 2009 "President Obama took the side of justice today," said NOW President Kim Gandy. "For eight years the Global Gag Rule has forced international family planning organizations to make an impossible choice between providing comprehensive reproductive health care, and receiving funds that enable them to help women in need. Women around the world have died as a result of this heartless policy." President Ronald Reagan first instituted the rule, officially known as the Mexico City Policy, in 1984. The policy requires that non-governmental organizations... NOW.ORG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170608/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:32:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166449/posts Obama names Elena Kagan as Solicitor General President-elect Obama has named Elena Kagan, Harvard Law School dean, as Solicitor General. Kagan will be the first woman to serve permanently in this important post, which is tasked with conducting "all litigation on behalf of the United States in the Supreme Court, and to supervise the handling of litigation in the federal appellate courts. Kagan previously served in the White House during the Clinton administration, as Associate Counsel to the President, Deputy Assistant the the President for Domestic Policy, and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council. (Emphasis mine) In an email... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166449/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:42:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108889/posts The hate-curdled Joy Behar and her colleagues on The View are still attacking Sarah Palin for having a family and career. michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108889/posts#comment Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:32:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096953/posts As much of the nation was preparing to watch a fortysomething working woman, governor and mother debate a gray-haired male senator for the vice presidency, feminist icon Gloria Steinem ridiculed John McCainÂ’s choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate. “The reason we have Sarah Palin as the vice presidential candidate for Sen. McCain is because he couldnÂ’t have the competent woman vice president he wanted Â… because the Christian right wing would not allow it,” Steinem told a standing-room-only crowd of about 450 mostly women packing an auditorium at the State University of New York at Cobleskill. Steinem cited... Daily Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096953/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:45:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084013/posts Clearly worried about the impact Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has had on the presidential race, the Obama campaign stepped up its efforts to court women this week, recruiting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to join Sen. Joe Biden for a taped webcast answering questions from women, announcing a list of high profile women who are endorsing Sen. Barack Obama and releasing a tough anti-McCain ad targeting women. On Monday, as part of his "Women's Week of Action," Obama held a conference call with female supporters to outline the issues he will bring to the forefront in the weeks ahead, such as... Washington comPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084013/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:02:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083585/posts The National Organization for Women (NOW) said Tuesday it had been pushed by the Republicans pick of Sarah Palin as vice presidential nominee to back Democrat Barack Obama for the White House. "NOW is going to be endorsing the Obama-Biden ticket," NOW head Kim Gandy told National Public Radio (NPR), referring to Obama and his running mate Joseph Biden. The 500,000-strong women's movement, which "very, very rarely endorses in a general election", broke with its tradition of neutrality after "the addition of Sarah Palin gave us a new sense of urgency," said Gandy. "She is being portrayed as a supporter... AFP / Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083585/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:13:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082524/posts The presidential campaign has turned into a high-profile version of the mommy wars. That’s because women are the key swing voters in the election, and John McCain’s selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has stoked the long-simmering class war among women. But there is a twist this time: In the hot seat is a conservative Republican woman who is anathema to the traditional feminist groups and female politicians representing the feminist movement. This disconnect between Gov. Palin and her outspoken female critics has to do with their — and her — politics, which, to understate it, are mammoth. She is... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082524/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:26:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076572/posts I once made a bet that Canada and the United States would see a woman or a black in the top political job from the political right (the Conservative party and the Republicans respectively) before the centre-left succeeded in that feat. My reasoning was simple though counter-intuitive: Despite the popular view that right-of-centre parties are anti-women or anti-minority, they are nothing of the sort. They are pro-individual and pro-merit. So they oppose race and gender quotas because they see such policies as harmful to individuals (i.e.: if you don't belong to the "proper" group); such policies also interfere with normal... The Calgary Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076572/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:16:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075433/posts At Dennis Prager's blog, here on the Townhall website, under the entry, "Steinem: Palin Not A Real Woman" is a thread that, for me, perfectly illustrates how many people on the left conduct themselves when called to debate a given issue. Emotion takes the place of reason, feelings substitue for wisdom. Responding to an article by Gloria Steinem on his Thursday broadcast, Dennis Prager argued that the reason Steinem-bred feminists do not support Governor Sarah Palin is because she is a conservative. By any measure of accomplishment, Prager reasoned, Sarah Palin should be the aspiration of young feminists everywhere, but... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075433/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:39:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071769/posts Less than 24 hours after the historic selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate, a quick perusal of the National Organization of Women (NOW) website provides a telling window into the world of feminist politics. NOW is the largest feminist organization in the United States, claiming over 500,000 contributing members in over 500 local and campus affiliates. Its self-stated purpose is to "take action to bring women into full participation in society--sharing equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities with men, while living free from discrimination". You might think that a woman being nominated to become vice president of the... Daily Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071769/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:54:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070699/posts Sen. John McCain's choice of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate is a cynical effort to appeal to disappointed Hillary Clinton voters and get them to vote, ultimately, against their own self-interest. Gov. Palin may be the second woman vice-presidential candidate on a major party ticket, but she is not the right woman. Sadly, she is a woman who opposes women's rights, just like John McCain. The fact that Palin is a mother of five who has a 4-month-old baby, a woman who is juggling work and family responsibilities, will speak to many women. But will Palin speak... National Asociation of Gals ( NAGS ) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070699/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:11:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056201/posts Is it possible to fall out of love with your own country? For two years, I, like many Americans, have been focused intently on documenting, exposing, and alerting the nation to the Bush administration’s criminality and its assault on the Constitution and the rule of law — a story often marginalized at home. I was certain that when Americans knew what was being done in their name, they would react with horror and outrage. Daily News Egypt http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056201/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:25:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010762/posts Four years at Yale costs $180,000. Here is how senior Aliza Shvarts planned to conclude hers: The art major would repeatedly artificially inseminate herself, then induce miscarriages, which she would record on video. She would build a four-foot-wide plastic cube and wrap it in layers of plastic. Between the layers would be Vaseline mixed with blood from the miscarriages. She would hang the cube at an exhibition and project video of the miscarriages onto four of its sides. "This piece," Shvarts wrote in the Yale Daily News, "is meant to call into question the relationship between form and function as... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010762/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 17:58:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990796/posts New restaurant's logo described by some as demeaning When the owners of Quickie Burger and Dogs chose their logo, they thought it would make patrons crave an order of chili cheese fries. But the logo, a busty woman in a tight shirt straddling a hamburger, has drawn criticism from campus groups. The newest addition to the South State Street landscape has caused a stir on campus with its brightly colored logo, which some believe is offensive. The restaurant, which opened two weeks ago, sits south of campus at the intersection of State and Hill streets. Adorning the blue awning above... The Michigan Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990796/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:49:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986433/posts Naomi Wolf, the woman who once advised Vice President Al Gore to act more like an alpha male and wear earth-toned clothing, is going after Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Wolf, who is backing Sen. Barack Obama for president, went on MSNBC today and complained that the media is not asking McCain the tough questions. “They are not even saying to McCain, you were tortured, you were held prisoner, you gave information under duress in enemy hands,” said Wolf, a well-known feminist writer. “And you allowed them to create loopholes in the Military Commissions Act that... Baltimore Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986433/posts#comment Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:26:28 GMT