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Why “Speaking up”? I believe passionately in the power of your voice and mine to make a difference in our world—and in our own lives.
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>>> On Politics: Hey, there's a very hot conversation now on my Heartfeldt Politics blog--come join in as we discuss what the Indiana and North Carolina primaries mean for women in politics, who won, who lost, whether Hillary should quit, and where the hockey puck might be going.
To give a little more context, in the pre-internet old days of backroom politics, the party powerful would long ago have taken these two candidates into the proverbial smoke-filled room and knocked heads together until the smoke cleared and they struck up some kind of deal that resolved which one would be the party’s nominee... Read more about Pennsylvania Station 2008 on Heartfeldt Politics Blog and express your opinion. And for an amazing analysis of the gender bias fueling the media's push for Hillary to be the one to withdraw from the race, see the Media Matters article, "So Now the Press Tells Candidates When to Quit?", that I've posted on Heartfeldt. And my colleague Deborah Siegel, just posted this piece about her Hillary Remorse in The Guardian--that is remorse she didn't do more to help Clinton get elected.
>>> On Leadership--The Glass Ceiling in Media: Read this article in Pink Magazine on why there is still a glass ceiling in media.
>>>Listen to Melissa Harris-Lacewell and me debate "Gender, Race, and the Presidential Elections" on WHYY public radio's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane.
Contact me if you're looking for a dynamic keynote speaker on leadership, politics and advocacy, reproductive health and justice, women's lives, or media for your meeting or organization. Peruse my speech topics here.
Latest Podcasts:
LIVE WITH LISA: I talked with radio talk host Lisa Wexler about the leadership brilliance and the oversights in Obama's speech on race, presidential politics, and Send Yourself Roses.
PODCAST: GLORIA INTERVIEWS KATHLEEN TURNER At New York's 92nd St. Y
LEADERSHIP PODCAST: IN CHAOS IS OPPORTUNITY
Frustrated by change in your organization? Here's a different approach that shows you how to manage change to your advantage...
Want to know how to interpret the poltical winds and how you can influence their direction? Listen to "The Clash of uncertainties...
Check out these photos from the most fabulous book party given by a bunch of my Arizona friends at the magnificent Paradise Valley home of Wayne and Lucia Howard:
Wayne and Lucia HowardPhotos courtesy of Linda Herold, Herold Enterprises
Journalist Jana Bommersbach, My Hubby Alex Barbanell, Dear Friend Elaine Warner
More great friends: l-r Michael Sillyman, Amy Gittler, Ilene Lashinsky, Neil Wake, Shari Capra
More Hot Highlights
>>> Speaking Up About Women's Lives:
Read about WomenGirlsLadies on speaking tour at Central Michigan University! L-R: Tara Sathoff-Wells, Central Michigan University Director of Women's Studies; the four WomenGirlsLadies (WGL for short)--me, Deborah Siegel, Courtney Martin, and Kristal Brent Zook; and my dear friend from way back in our West Texas days, CMU Professor Jill Taft Kaufman. And here's the Harvard Crimson's report of our April 18 panel, entitled "Four Feminists Take on Harvard", followed by the Jewish Women's Archive blog, Jewesses with Attitude's rendition called "'WomenGirlsLadies'...Fishnets, Food, and Feminism" that begins like this:
Are younger generations of women "afraid" of feminism? Has the media slashed and distorted women's choices about balancing work and family? Must women vote for female candidates?
For those of us who care about women's issues, these questions have surely surfaced in dinner conversations, the workplace lunchroom, and in the blogosphere, of course...
Take a look and speak up some more: In the February MORE.com forum online, WGL panelist Deborah Siegel, author of Sisterhood Interrupted, asked women (generally 40 and up) who have themselves accomplished many firsts to weigh in on what a Hillary presidency might look like. Says Deborah, " The forum is richer than the squabbles that dominate the news, and I feel it's so very important to inject some fresh takes into the public conversation." If I do say so myself, I had the best line: "You can call her establishment all you want, but believe me, the establishment never had cleavage."
Apropos of this endlessly fascinating topic, here's a post I put on Heartfeldt recently: "Why Women Need to Learn History's Election Power Lesson". I seem to have hit a nerve, judging by the flaming comments coming my way on the Huffington Post, where I cross-posted it.