Of Course She Is

In response to Tina Fey's genius Sarah Palin impression on this weekend's Saturday Night Live (at right), McCain spokeswoman Carly Fiorina called Fey's portrayal "sexist" and "disrespectful." You know what? That's totally fair, because SNL never makes fun of any other political candidate. Oh wait…

Fiorina went on to say that "just because Sarah Palin has different views than Hillary Clinton does not mean that she lacks substance." Fair enough — so why haven't we seen it? The election is in six weeks, Carly. Time's a wastin'. Instead of calling a female comedian "sexist" when she very obviously is not, let's chat about that "substance."

Sep 15, 2008 · posted by Whitney · Link · 35 Responses

"THE CELLULOID CEILING" As more and more people started to frown on silent but busty roles for women, Hollywood had to come up with a new way to demoralize the ladies: "'…21% of the films released in 2007 employed no women directors, producers, writers, cinematographers or editors…no films failed to employ a man in at least one of these roles.'"

Feb 1, 2008 · posted by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood · Link · 9 Responses
Glamocrats and Shepublicans

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Hillary Clinton in Glamour's politics blog, Glamocracy:

Young women today aren’t bound by questions of what they can or cannot do as women; they want to know how they can do it better. We’ve shattered so many barriers, but we’re not stopping here. Not when women still earn 77 cents to every dollar that men earn, not when all of the progress we’ve made on reproductive health stands to be threatened by the current administration.

Not when politics blogs aimed at young women are called things like "Glamocracy"!!!!!!

Dec 27, 2007 · posted by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood · Link · 8 Responses
She Still Cashed the Check

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In a profile with the egregiously uninspired title Heigl's Anatomy, Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl (see what they did?), expresses regret about being in summer blockbuster Knocked Up, which she felt was sophomoric and "sexist."

"It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as goofy, fun-loving guys,” the actress — who just turned 29— tells January's Vanity Fair.

"It was hard for me to love the movie…"

We wonder if it's hard for her to love the Vanity Fair cover she's getting that never would have been had it not been for that "shrewish" turn, or the $300,000 payday that appended the film's production. Somehow we doubt it, but we're sure she cried all the way to the bank.

CONTINUED »

Dec 3, 2007 · posted by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood · Link · 54 Responses