Archive for June, 2008
Poli Psy: Post-Hillary Feminism
Published June 18, 2008
For a while there — especially during the tense days between Obama’s victory and Clinton’s belated exit — it looked as if American feminism might not recover from the Democratic primary contest. The media were spotlighting feminist mothers and their “post-feminist” daughters bickering like, well, mothers and daughters. Hillary was holding hostage her “18 million [...]
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CounterPunch: As Cranes Fall and People Die
Published June 13, 2008
Let’s keep this in perspective, implied New York mayor Mike Bloomberg the day two construction workers died in the crane collapse on East 91st Street in Manhattan. Yes, the accident was “unacceptable,” he said. Still, “construction is a dangerous business and you will always have fatalities.” Governor David Paterson was equally unapologetic. No, no, he [...]
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