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		<title>What Should We Do About Sexism and Bachmann?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2012/01/what-should-we-do-about-sexism-and-bachmann/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s not waste time debating whether sexism was a factor in Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann’s failed bid for president. It was. Let’s instead focus on what we will do about it. Because something needs to be done. Not that we wanted to see Bachmann in the White House. God no. But nor do we want to see Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry or any other anti-woman candidate get elected. But why is Bachmann going home and not the other non-Romneys? For several reasons. First, there is a double standard at work. Susan Mulligan at U.S. News points out, “Michele Bachmann, the Tea Party-approving Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota, has said some crazy things… All of that provides a solid basis for questioning her as a candidate and wondering whether she&#8217;s suited for the Oval Office. But has Bachmann said or done anything more bizarre than some of her opponents, including several who are above her in polling in Iowa?&#8221; Not really. Second, women don&#8217;t &#8220;look presidential.&#8221; Remember when Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen wrote, “I can think of no reason why anyone who, for some unaccountable reason, supports Michele Bachmann will not move over to Perry… Perry, who actually looks like a president …” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Thanked Your Body Today?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/10/have-you-thanked-your-body-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I promised myself by the time I turned 40 I would run the Falmouth Road Race. I had watched it as a spectator for years and knew one day I wanted to experience it as a participant. Four years after my deadline, I did it &#8211; I ran seven hilly miles on a humid August day. A friend told a mutual acquaintance what I had done and the acquaintance responded, “So then she must have lost some weight.” I had just run seven miles. I had honored a commitment to myself. I had a great time doing it. And she wanted to know about a number on a scale? I started running to avoid taking a medication prescribed by my doctor. I thought my health was the motivation that helped me fit exercise into an already packed day, but when I crossed the finish line in Falmouth, I realized it was more than that. Growing up I never played sports, much less exercised. I was the kid picked last for teams. My nickname in elementary school was Big Foot, a joke about my inability to get on base during Friday afternoon kickball games.  My lack of athletic prowess only bothered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark your Calendar: Miss Representation Airs October 20</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/10/mark-your-calendar-miss-representation-airs-october-20/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/10/mark-your-calendar-miss-representation-airs-october-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Feminist Forte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark your calendars and don&#8217;t miss the new documentary Miss Representation which will air on October 20 at 9 p.m. ET, on Oprah&#8217;s OWN channel. This documentary has been garnering great reviews and generating necessary discussion. The film looks at the messages the mass media perpetuate that women and girls&#8217; value comes from beauty and sexuality and examines how those messages impact the way in which women are viewed in society, by themselves and others. Consider this: sixty-five percent of women and girls have eating disorders. Miss Representation goes beyond the groundbreaking work in the Killing Us Softly films and discusses how media affects women as leaders. Consider this: Women makeup only 17 percent of Congress despite representing 51 percent of the population. Eighty-four percent of guests on Sunday morning political tv talk shows and  85 percent of radio producers are men. Eighty percent of the op-ed pages are dominated by men. The number of women in senior management positions globally has gone from 24 percent in 2004 to 20 percent in 2009. According to the makers of the film, American teenagers spend 31 hours per week watching TV, 17 hours listening to music, 3 hours watching movies, four hours reading magazines and ten hours online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ignorant Legislator of the Week</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/10/ignorant-legislator-of-the-week-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life&#8217;s been hectic lately, but we just had to find the time to bring you a new Ignorant Legislator of the Week. The chair of the Abington, Mass. school committee is this week&#8217;s pick. Russell Fitzgerald, who is also an amateur magician, apparently starts all of his board meetings with a trick. However, the AP reported: &#8220;Russell Fitzgerald may have crossed a line &#8230; when he performed a trick that made it appear that he and a teacher ripped the bra off another committee member through her clothes.&#8221; We&#8217;re not sure what&#8217;s unclear to the AP reporter. Fitzgerald did cross a line. The Brockton Enterprise, who&#8217;s writer also states Fitzgerald may have crossed a line, reported: &#8220;Asked if the magic trick was inappropriate, Fitzgerald responded after the meeting, &#8216;No, I don’t think so.&#8217; “&#8221;Why did you choose this particular trick,” a reporter then asked. “&#8217;I like it,” Fitzgerald said.&#8221; The AP has since reported that Fitzgerald, &#8220;says he is sorry for the embarrassment he caused committee member &#8230; He also says he will no longer perform tricks before meetings.&#8221; The &#8220;bra trick&#8221; story has gone viral, covered at sites from Gawker to the Washington Post, and many commentors have suggested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hello Ladies Guide to Sexism in Politics</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/the-hello-ladies-guide-to-sexism-in-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/the-hello-ladies-guide-to-sexism-in-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest presidential election cycle has only just begun and already we are engaged in some lively discussions about the sexist treatment of candidate Michele Bachmann. Was the Newsweek cover photo of the Congresswoman and the accompanying headline sexist? Was the &#8220;submissive wife&#8221; question out of line?  Sexism may seem more out in front during a presidential campaign but it exists in politics all the time &#8211; and at the state and local level too. Some of the sexism is over the top, and some not so obvious. To help you easily identify and respond to unfair treatment of female politicians, here is &#8220;The Hello Ladies Guide to Sexism in Politics.&#8221; Overt sexism: In this category we have the outrageous remarks that make you scream, &#8220;How does this person (insert name of person who spoke or wrote the sexist comment) keep their job?!&#8221; Examples: Conan O&#8217;Brien sidekick Andy Richter&#8217;s recent tweet that read, &#8220;There&#8217;s nothing wrong with Michele Bachmann that two solid weeks of orgasms won&#8217;t cure.&#8221; Statements like that one attempt to reduce a female candidate to a shrew, a sexual object, anything but a viable contender for the job. An Alex Beam column in The Boston Globe during the Massachusetts Senate race last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New From Around the Web</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/new-from-around-the-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a roundup of stories impacting women for your weekend reading. This one in The New York Times Magazine on parents expecting twins who chose to abort one fetus is sure to generate discussion. You probably heard that Nafissatou Diallo, who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault, has filed a civil lawsuit. Did you hear Law &#38; Order plans to air an episode based on the case? Speaking of DSK, Bloomberg BusinessWeek has an article on whether the IMF looked the other way and ignored the former executive&#8217;s behavior toward women. Cleveland.com reports on misogynist, serial killer Anthony Sowell who was sentenced to death for murdering 11 women. TechCrunch reporting on the new Verizon Android phone targeted toward women, cites unofficial reports that the droid is &#8220;pretty&#8221;, has dangly charms and less functionality than the standard variety. Ugh. And in case you were wondering if FOX moderators were being sexist when they asked Michele Bachmann during last night&#8217;s GOP debate if she would be a submissive wife as president, read this piece from RH Reality Check. &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Can&#8217;t Agree: Is the Bachmann Newsweek Cover Sexist?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/why-we-cant-agree-if-the-bachmann-newsweek-cover-is-sexist/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/why-we-cant-agree-if-the-bachmann-newsweek-cover-is-sexist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terry O&#8217;Neill from the National Organization for Women (NOW) says yes, it is. Salon&#8217;s Joan Walsh says no, it&#8217;s not. And feminist icon Gloria Steinem says it&#8217;s borderline. Pundits are split on whether or not Newsweek&#8217;s decision to run the unflattering (we can all agree on that, right?) picture of presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was sexist. Why is it so hard to figure out? I think  it stems from the way the media has conditioned us to think about and view women. When so many young, female characters on television are sexualized, when even the most beautiful women in the world are airbrushed, when we see too few images of strong, athletic women and when so much of our news comes from the male point of view, we struggle with what is reality, what is media manipulation, how we view other women and what we&#8217;ve come to expect of how the media views us. And then add politics to the mix and things get even more distorted. With such small numbers of women participating in politics, the media turns the few women who do into Everywoman. Remember, for example, how a vote for Hillary Clinton was portrayed as a vagina vote, not a vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for Walmart v. Dukes</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/06/waiting-for-walmart-v-dukes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While we wait for a Supreme Court decision on the Walmart v. Dukes class action suit, here are some other important court cases that impact working women. The Missouri Court of Appeals is allowing Francine Katz, who was the highest ranking woman at Anheuser-Busch, to continue her gender discrimination suit against the brewer. Anheuser-Busch wanted the matter to be dealt with in arbitration. Katz, the former vice president of communications and consumer affairs for the company, has accused Anheuser-Busch of a frat-like, locker-room atmosphere and of paying her less than her male peers. Katz was paid 50 percent less than her male predecessor and learned that every male member of the company&#8217;s strategy committe was classified as a Tier I officer, but both women on the committee were Tier II officers. Several months ago, employees at Bayer Pharmaceutical filed a discrimination case against the company for unfair policies around &#8220;pay, promotions and pregnancy leave&#8221; and for creating a hostile work environment. The suit was originally filed by six female employees and then expanded to include all female sales representatives and women in the Bayer Healthcare Consumer Care unit. The women say Bayer ignored their complaints. One incident cited in the suit is garnering media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perhaps the Most Offensive Political Ad Ever</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/06/perhaps-the-most-offensive-political-ad-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political Action Committee Turn Right, whose website states its mission is to &#8220;expose and lampoon the typical politico’s microscopic brain through cutting-edge viral videos with guts and humor,&#8221; has created what is perhaps the most offensive political ad ever. The Web ad depicts Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn as a pole dancer and the accompanying lyrics are, &#8220;Give me your cash, bitch.&#8221; The final image is of a gun and the words, &#8220;Donate Now to Help TRUSA Keep Hahn Out of Congress.&#8221; The ad apparently alludes to Hahn&#8217;s gang prevention and intervention programs, of which some in LA have been critical. Hahn is running for Congress against businessman Craig Huey in a special election for the in California&#8217;s 36th district vacated by former Rep. Jane Harman, who resigned. Huey and his campaign have condemned the ad. You can watch the video below, but be warned You Tube flagged it as inappropriate for people under age 18. Hardly &#8220;guts and humor,&#8221; this is awful.]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Matthews Still Sexist</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/06/chris-matthews-still-sexist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sexist Hardball host Chris Matthews suggested Anthony Weiner&#8217;s wife may be &#8220;partially responsible&#8221; for the Congressman&#8217;s texting affairs. Weiner is responsible for Weiner, Matthews. Period. Thanks to ThinkProgress for flagging this clip.]]></description>
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