In LA at the Knight Digital Foundation
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Morra Aarons-Mele
75% of pro-choice voters need to know the truth: John McCain does not support a woman’s right to choose
Among McCain's pro-choice women supporters, 50% don't know his positions and an additional 25% assume his views are in line with their own!
Catherine Morgan asked: "Is John McCain a Pro-Choice Republican? Would you vote for him if he was? There seems to be a lot of confusion over whether ...
Why aren’t Paulson or Bernanke on Meet the Press?
We all know what happened Friday.
Why does Russert have two Clinton/Obama surrogates on Meet the Press to talk bullshit about the campaign rather than dealing with the major tumult happening in our economy?
Nicco and my Dad (who lived through the Great Depression) did a podcast to talk about economic depressions, ...
Me and Nicco and Dave Winer talk change
Dave Winer is on to something, which he mentions in this podcast.
I first got the idea from my colleague Matt Wilson at the Kennedy School, and I can't stop thinking about it. Obama's real power to change this country doesn't end on Election Day: it begins on Election Day. Citizenry ...
Crash Course in the Candidates’ Health Insurance Plans
In BlogHer’s Voter Manifesto, we asked, “How do you intend to make sure that everyone gets health insurance?” Here I try to explain how. You can also view a table here.
The other day my mother went to the emergency room to have her sore throat looked at. I exploded. ...
Women and Mitt Romney- Super Tuesday HQ
I'm in Boston at the Romney Headquarters on Super Tuesday. I've been asking women in the crowd why they support Romney. Overwhelmingly: his values. I interviewed an older woman who said "Mitt is the only one she can trust- and his family sets an example. He is the only one" ...
SheSource.org seminar on blogging in NYC
If you'd like to learn more about blogging and how it can help build your personal brand, please join me in New York City, February 4, with SheSource.org to talk about "Blogging: a Crash Course."
It's free, and it's going to be a fantastic networking and learning event!SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "SheSource.org seminar ...
Americans for a Bill-free Clinton Campaign
That would be my 527 if I had one. Bill Clinton is too old-school DNC. Not now. No Billary in 2008, no.
CNN exit polls:
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Roughly 6 in 10 South Carolina Democratic primary voters said Bill Clinton's campaigning was important in how they ultimately decided to vote, and of those voters, 48 ...
On the ground in South Carolina
I asked my friends Lisa and Katya to write this dispatch while they are canvassing in South Carolina:
On the Ground in South Carolina
Today, neighbor Nancy, Katya, Russian transplant and I, Lisa, canvassed Rock Hill South Carolina for Obama. Never would we have imagined that one day, on the ground in ...
Women I’m following during S Carolina, Nevada
While the nation erupts in a long overdue gender race powwow, I'll read state primary updates on:
South Carolina:
Lowcountry blogs
Check out this post from SC blogger Consuela at Afrogeekmomanddad:
It's interesting being a black woman living in South Carolina these days. All eyes are on us, as if the press and ...
About Me
Morra Aarons has worked for nearly ten years on online campaigns for politics, advocacy groups, and corporate entities. She specializes in mobilizing women online. In addition, she studies the field of work redesign and works with clients to better manage life and work. In her spare time, Morra enjoys blogging about women and politics. She lives near Boston with her husband Nicco, dog Rascal, and cat Uno.
It’s the new McCain: Titty jokes and Bush smirks
Cross-posted from the Huffington Post
From Politico:
"...at a biker rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, John McCain appears to have volunteered his wife for a topless beauty pageant:
McCain felt so comfortable at the event that he even volunteered his wife for the rally's traditional beauty pageant, an infamously debauched event that's been ...
What I learned from (hot chick on Wired magazine cover) Julia Allison
What kind of ambition drives a woman to appear in a glamour shot on the cover of a nerd magazine under the caption, “Become Internet famous (even if you’re nobody)…Julia Allison and the secrets of self-promotion.” Did you all see the recent Wired cover with Julia Allison? Women on Wired ...
July 20th 2008
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Tags: Uncategorized
Cobbler has no shoes
My website is in a bad place. I know. I'm in a major transition: career, life stage. And thus, the site is in flux, my bio's in flux, all is flux. I will soon have a lovely, frequently updated site. Until then, remember me fondly and read me elsewhere!SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ...
June 28th 2008
Tags: Politics
Tags: Politics
Zimbabwe’s dead as Mugabe prepares to assume the “throne”
The Chicago Tribune has a very moving article. Mugabe's people have been killing members of the opposition party and we worry about our presidential candidates making poor jokes...
Kalyn sent me these links from Field to Feast, an African food blog- a post from April with hope:
"A week ago today, the ...
Morra on the guardian.co.uk
First weekly column is up today...
When it comes to marriage, the more things change, the less things change. In a society where mothers who work full-time still do twice the amount of housework and even more childcare hours as working fathers, the idea that Dad would give up his career ...
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