On Balance, Progress for Women: Connie Schultz

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz writes about what the political coverage of women candidates in this mid-term election: “Fortunately, the National Organization for Women, the Women’s Media Center and countless bloggers immediately condem…

The Women-Hating Rage of the Republican Right

Amanda Marcotte writes on guardian.co.uk: “There are many beliefs that propel rightwing rage, but anti-feminism is one of the few that manages to inspire so much violence. Indeed, in all this talk about taxes, economic stimulus packages and other policy…

Five Myths About Female Candidates

Rebecca Traister writes in The Washington Post: “We’ve already heard a lot of grand pronouncements about what women will mean for the 2010 midterms — and vice versa. But from mama grizzlies to mean girls, much of the conventional wisdom about the women…

A Boot to the Head …from Michael Moore

Michael Moore writes on his website: “There she was, thrown to the pavement by a Republican in a checkered shirt. Another Republican thrusts his foot in between her legs and presses down with all his weight to pin her to the curb. Then a Republican leade…