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Primary day in the Palmetto State

I spent yesterday participating in all manner of election-day madness — making calls, making sandwiches, monitoring voter challenges, and making door-to-door visits to get the vote out.   More here. – Susan Kuo

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Deborah Dickerson on Colbert

Watch a clip here at the Peeled Apple.

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Yet Another Negative Voting Experience in South Carolina

It’s Democratic Primary Day here, so I voted. Two polling places had been merged into one, and there were only three voting machines, so the line was long. And it was hot inside, for no good reason since it’s only … Continue reading

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Larry Flynt and Dennis Kucinich

Huffpo essay about their relationship here.

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Danielle Holley-Walker on NPR!

Feminist (and University of South Carolina) Law Prof Danielle Holley-Walker talks about her primary blog, SCBlackPress, and the upcoming SC Democratic Primary on the NPR program”News and Notes”hosted by Farai Chideya. You can listen to the broadcast here.

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“Race and Gender in Presidential Politics: A Debate Between Gloria Steinem and Melissa Harris-Lacewell”

Video and transcript here, at Democracy, Now!

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C.U.N.T.?

From TPMmuckraker: …That’s the stroke of genius from the man whom Tucker Carlson insists on calling “legendary Republican strategist Roger Stone” every time he appears on his show (twice this month). The Standard explains that Stone is “trying to tap … Continue reading

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“Saudi Arabia to lift ban on women drivers”

Hey, it’s a start. Via Feministing.

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“An Open Letter from American Feminists”

From here: Columnists and opinion writers from The Weekly Standard to the Washington Post to Slate have recently accused American feminists of focusing obsessively on minor or even nonexistent injustices in the United States while ignoring atrocities against women in … Continue reading

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In Front of the SC State House Dome, Underneath the Confederate Flag, Attending a Martin Luther King Day Rally, Noticing That the Only Woman Who Got To Speak Was Hillary Clinton

2008 King Day At The Dome. That’s where and how I spent the morning. Video excerpts here. Billed as “A Statewide March and Rally for Justice and Equity,” the substantive speaker program was as follows: “Welcome and Opening Remarks” by … Continue reading

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Meet the Sexism

Guests on today’s “Meet the Press With Tim Russert” were historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jon Meacham (Newsweek), Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal), Tom Brokaw (NBC)  and Michele Norris (NPR) (L to R, above).   Below is an excerpt from the … Continue reading

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Women and Social Security

Joan Entmacher, the Vice President for Family and Economic Security at the National Women’s Law Center, testified earlier this week before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Women and Social Security.   Ms. Entmacher suggested, among other reforms,  lowering … Continue reading

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“Ben Tillman Statue in South Carolina”

In many respects it’s worse than the Confederate flag that flies nearby on the SC Statehouse grounds. Al Brophy has the story here, at the Legal History blog.

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“Bella Abzug” by Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom

Bella Abzug: “How One Tough Broad From the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter, Battled for the Rights of Women and Workers, Rallied Against War and for the Planet, and Shook Up Politics Along the … Continue reading

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Because women are not autonomous beings capable of using their own judgment to choose a candidate on any basis other than gender. Because women routinely make their voting decisions based entirely on spite, or vengeance, or some other emotion. Because … Continue reading

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Because women are not autonomous beings capable of using their own judgment to choose a candidate on any basis other than gender. Because women routinely make their voting decisions based entirely on spite, or vengeance, or some other emotion. Because … Continue reading

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Because women are not autonomous beings capable of using their own judgment to choose a candidate on any basis other than gender. Because women routinely make their voting decisions based entirely on spite, or vengeance, or some other emotion. Because … Continue reading

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“Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female” by Frances Beal (1969)

Here, at the CWLU Herstory Website archive. Accessible here as well.

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Anyone see a problem with the South Carolina Attorney General enforcing election laws while working as co-chair of John McCain’s state campaign?

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The M Word

Bob Herbert’s editorial today in the Times says that the candidates should be addressing rampant misogyny in the United States.   In less than 800 words, he takes on rape, sexual harassment, prostitution, sexualized advertising, sports, pornography, paparazzi, the military, … Continue reading

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Congressional Rep Loiuse Slaughter: Letters to DoD and DoS Regarding KBR Rape Case

She writes: “I am asking the Department of Defense and the State Department about their efforts to address crimes against government contracted employees, like in the case against former KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones.” Read the letters here. Heart has … Continue reading

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“Lawyers, Blogs, and Money”

James Grimmelmann has an interesting mediation on advertising and blogs at The Laboratorium. I found it via Froomkin who has a somewhat different take on the issue. I find myself agreeing with Grimmelmann, with an added concern about transparency and … Continue reading

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“The Soft Power of Barack Obama”

Jaya Ramji-Nogales has a post by this title here at IntLawGrrls.

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More Vote Supression In South Carolina

From a local newspaper: “Many polling places closed on primary day” Many South Carolina voters will be sent to new polling places on presidential primary day, as one-fifth of regular state polling places will be closed. The closed polls are … Continue reading

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Nice “message of hope” you got there.

Obama’s campaign co-chair says Hillary was crying about “her appearance.”

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Don’t believe everything that you read in your email

Email is a great way to send out information, misinformation, and disinformation. I keep receiving the same false e-message about Barack Obama. His opponents appear to have enlisted my family and friends as their dupes. More about this here. –Susan … Continue reading

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The Many Foibles of Chuck Rosenthal

Here’s a D.A. in a major jurisdiction who surely can’t be counted on to take protecting women seriously.   Story about Harris County (Houston, Texas) DA Chuck Rosenthal  here. -Ralph Michael Stein

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Will Obama hurt or help black people?

I have been reluctant to wade in the discussion on Obama because I am conflicted. On the one hand, I am very proud of Obama. I truly believe that he wants a better america and on the other hand, I … Continue reading

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“Nepotism and the Presidency”

Historiann writes: … a speedy review of the history of the U. S. Presidency suggests that of course, as ususal, it’s men who benefit far disproportionately from nepotism.   The Presidency has been marked by father-son and other intrafamily male … Continue reading

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“The Secret Ballot”

A short story by Dr. Violet Socks.

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“The witch ain’t dead, and Chris Matthews is a ding-dong”

Read Rebecca Traister’s Salon essay by that title here.

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