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Former U.S. secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks about the controversial letter to Iran, Hillary Clinton's e-mails and how much progress has been made when it comes to gender equality.

Scrappy and smart and gutsy and generous — Gloria Steinem is great and, also, 80! How wonderful. Here are some of her greatest hits from New York (both as one of the original staff writers and as a great interviewee on all manner of women-related topics): - Her 1968 feature "Women and Power" about sex and politics and marriage and power. Perhaps if women had more encouragement, more opportunity to gain power on their own, there would be less of the bitterness and hypocrisy that comes from using men for subversive ends. If society stopped telling girls that men can...

Madeleine Albright: ‘I Listen to Right-Wing Radio When I Drive’ May 3, 2013 By Melanie Hunter (CNSNews.com) – Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Friday said she listens to “right-wing radio” when she drives in response to a question about climate change and warned, “If people think we’ve been arguing about fossil fuels, wait ‘til we really start arguing over water.” “I hate to tell you guys this, but I actually listen to right-wing radio as I drive, which is a good idea to stay away from me,” she said during the question and answer portion of her keynote...

Celebrity programmer Eric S. Raymond has aired a theory that feminist activists are trying to find a way to lay false sexual assault claims against male leaders of the open source community.Raymond is best known for his seminal tract The Cathedral and the Bazaar, and remains active in the world of open source, which he has championed since the late 1990s. In a blog post this week, Raymond, often referred to as "ESR", dropped this bomb on the internet: The short version is: if you are any kind of open-source leader or senior figure who is male, do not be...

Civic Virtue has become a Greek tragedy. Queens residents are protesting the city’s plans to banish a controversial sculpture to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn — which would be the second move for the classic, 90-year-old monument that pols have slammed for decades as a sexist eyesore. “The Triumph of Civic Virtue” depicts a nude male warrior symbolizing civic virtue trampling two women, the sirens of vice and corruption.

I still remember the last JV tournament of my freshman year. My teammate Deborah Kavalar was down a few points in the third period. I don't recall the exact move, but I remember her flipping her opponent, the excitement and the pin. More than that, I remember the reaction. The ultra-masculine 145-pounder threw his headgear across the gym and stormed out the door as Deborah stood there awaiting a handshake. It was embarrassing. Not because the guy lost to a girl -- Deborah had crumpled plenty of overconfident XY chromosomes over her three years on the mat. But because I...

Solution to crisis at the Bank of England: Female staff should wear lipstick and high heels By DAN NEWLING 02nd February 2009 A Bank of England summit held to tell women what to wear has been condemned as sexist As Britain plunges into its worst recession for 70 years, the economic superbrains at the Bank of England have been asking some searching questions. But while the vital issues of interest rates and bank bail-outs may have exercised the minds of many financial high-fliers, others have found time to turn their thoughts to an even more pressing agenda. Like ‘should I...

Her defiant speeches are peppered with references to her gender. She told a crowd of some 3,000 - more than two thirds of them women - in Coral Gables, Florida, that America needed "a president who will roll up her sleeves and get to work for you" and a woman to "clean house" in Washington. Mrs Clinton's main remaining chance of beating her Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama, lies in persuading the vast majority of about 200 undecided super-delegates - party officials - to reverse the elected delegate tally, which the Illinois senator has already won. Making an explicit pitch...

Geraldine Ferraro may not vote for Barack Obama because of his “terribly sexist” ways. The most damning charge against Obama is “Sweetie-gate,” ... It is my understanding that feminists don’t like being called “Sweetie.” (“Kitten” and “Pussycat” should also be avoided.) In fact, the vast majority of women don’t care for such terms of endearment.

<p>Might fully one-third of the six surviving Democratic vice presidential nominees end up opposing their party's national ticket this November?</p> <p>That possibility arose today based on comments Geraldine Ferraro, the 1984 Democratic veep candidate, made to The New York Times.</p>

NEW YORK (AP) - The wives of five 2008 presidential hopefuls on Tuesday traded tales of juggling their kids, marriages and self-esteem in the maelstrom of a national campaign. Republicans Cindy McCain, Jeri Thompson and Ann Romney joined Democrats Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Edwards at the California Women's Conference, an annual gathering in Long Beach hosted by Maria Shriver, the state's first lady. Shriver, a former television news anchor, moderated the panel. Political differences scarcely were mentioned during the hourlong discussion as they described how they keep up a grueling schedule of campaign appearances while trying to preserve time with...

Tories threat to women's groups: NDP Toronto red Star Sep. 20, 2006. 03:42 PM OTTAWA (CP) — The federal Conservative government is threatening the survival of women’s organizations by delaying funding, the NDP charged today. “By not responding to funding applications, the Conservatives are allowing programs to shut down, one by one,” New Democrat MP Irene Mathyssen said. “What’s next? . . . It looks like Bev Oda is spoiling to dismantle the Status of Women Department.” The National Association of Women and the Law closed its doors Sept. 12 due to a lack of federal funding, the NDP...

The SCUM who assaulted Ann Coulter have appeared in this website, and the website links to a donation fund to pay their egal bills!