Good posts

August 31, 2007 · Filed Under Feminism, Internet Media, Politics · Comment 

Jenn Satterwhite wrote a really good, fair discussion of the Edwards’ parenting flack.

Joanne Bamberger on the Huffington Post:

We are the acknowledged spenders of household income. We’re the demographic that advertisers want.

Exhibit A? The huge Butterball turkey sitting on one of the exhibitor’s tables throughout the event. So they want our opinions (and money) when it comes to Thanksgiving dinner, but not on one of the most important presidential elections of our time.

Only two presidential candidates deigned to send representatives to BlogHer, one of them being Elizabeth Edwards. Yet, when it came to the mostly middle-aged white male blogging conference the following week, the media couldn’t get enough and the Democratic presidential contenders were out in full force.

Suzanne Reisman on Tucker Max:

I couldn’t help but like the asshole. Is he a drunkard? Totally, and I am not too keen on slobbering drunks. Is he a shithead? For sure. Would he probably rate me on his vile “Tucker Max Female Rating System” as “a common stock pig?”

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Iraq Vets Against the War Videos

August 22, 2007 · Filed Under Internet Media, Politics, Social Work · Comment 

Must Watch

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=CMDAug5wIVAW

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What I’m up to

August 8, 2007 · Filed Under Internet Media, Politics, Uncategorized · Comment 

1) Talking about women online and what they mean for the 2008 election.
2) In “math camp” at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, in preparation for getting my Master’s in Public Administration. Do you remember f(x)? I do not.

3) Growing more and more in love with our puppy!

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Elizabeth Edwards and blogger Jen Lemen at BlogHer 07

August 3, 2007 · Filed Under Internet Media, Politics · Comment 

Edwards and LemenThis account from Jen Lemen captures both the enigma that is Elizabeth Edwards, and the heroine. Jen had the courage to ask Mrs. Edwards a question that I think many women would like to ask. It’s Edwards’ answer that I wasn’t prepared for. Jen, thank you for writing this amazing piece, and Josh Hallett, thank you for taking these photos and sharing them!

Jen writes:

One of the highlights of my time at Blogher was meeting Elizabeth Edwards. I’d been feeling so distracted during the keynote, wondering what it must be like to be her at this moment in time–knowing you have untreatable cancer, small children and a husband who very well may land up in the White House.

Later at our last party at the Children’s Museum, I had a chance to ask her about all this. She received my curiosity and concern with so much grace.

“I worry about you,” I said, surprised at how emotional I felt putting these thoughts into words. “I know your cancer is back and that you have these little children. I want to be so supportive of what you’re doing, but at the same time I don’t want to participate in something that would diminish this time in your family’s life–your time is so precious.”

It feels shocking now to recount this. Who am I to worry about Elizabeth Edwards or to get myself worked up into some form of motherhood grief over the thought of being ill or leaving little children behind, but the whole thing just gets me. One of my greatest fears is orphaning my children. I feel so deeply how much they need me, how much their hearts would be split in two without me.

She turned to me with so much fire in her blue eyes, so much strength, so much grace. “You know John and I lost a child?” I nod, remembering that story and how that grief must have fueled their resolve to have more children, so many years later. “We know how important it is to not live our lives with regret.” She put her hands on my shoulders, the way your mother does when you need to hear her clearly, when she needs to speak directly to your heart.” To read the rest, click here

I’m not at the Yearly Kos conference, and I have mixed feelings about that. I’d like to hear and see and learn and absorb, and I’d like to support the amazing Gina Cooper. But on the other hand, the other conference in Chicago, although not overtly political, filled me up for a long time, and is driving me to help elect worthy leaders in 2008. I don’t think the Kos conference would do that.

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