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Really Damn Sexist: HuffPost Hill Prints “Gang Bang” Quote in O’Donnell Election Recap

Posted by NICI Staff on 02/05/2012

In recapping reactions to last night's election results, the Huffington Post included this section on Christine O'Donnell in their "HuffPost Hill - Special Midterm 2010 Edition:" "CHRIS COONS BEATS CHRISTINE O'DONNELL - All that's left now is for O'Donnell to finalize her early-morning PAX talk show. HuffPost Hill's one Delaware GOP friend sends in this dispatch: 'lets just say JACK MEOFFER got at least one vote for senate. i couldn't bring myself to vote for chrissy. even though the race isn't close, i think if she won she could potentially make Delawareans look like idiots. the guy in line behind me wore a tshirt that said "dont blame me, i didnt vote". i was beyond confused... i thought i might have been in a gang bang line or something. go with jesus.'" Read more »

Conference Call Presents Election Media Coverage Analysis of Women Candidates with Krystal Ball

Posted by NICI Staff on 02/05/2012

Conference Call Presents Election Media Coverage Analysis of Women Candidates with Krystal Ball Call In Thurs, Nov 4 at 11am EST to 866-901-2585 or 404-835-7099 & Follow Live on Twitter #NameThatSexism Read more »

Media Continues to Demonize Nancy Pelosi

Posted by Intern on 11/01/2010

Last week Name It. Change It. reported on the sexist treatment of Speaker Nancy Pelosi on The Tonight Show with David Letterman. Since then the attacks on Pelosi have not ceased: Radio host Mike Gallagher reinforced the Nancy Pelosi and Wicked Witch of the West comparison when he insisted that "you might want to throw a bucket of water on her and see what happens." While her male colleagues may be described as powerful and commanding, Speaker Pelosi is continually "cast as the shrill, emasculating 'witch' character." When will the sexist demonization of Nancy Pelosi end?  Read more »

Ending the ‘hot or not’ factor for Nikki Haley and female candidates

Posted by Intern on 11/01/2010

Ambassador Swanee Hunt and former MA Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey discuss the end (hopefully) of the sexist “hot or not hot” double standard applied to female candidates in the Christian Science Monitor: "Sexist attitudes in the media toward female candidates don't just hurt women, they hurt all of us – lowering public discourse and damaging political representation. It's time to push back." Read more »

The Tweet to Restore Parity!

Posted by NICI Staff on 02/05/2012

Unless you've been under a rock, you won't have missed that midterm elections are this Tuesday! This means we only have four more days to show the media that we value substance over style. Thanks to the wonders of the interwebs, this powerful statement takes under a minute! We're asking you to show your support for fair and equitable media coverage of women candidates by adding a small Name It. Change It. logo to your Twitter and Facebook user pictures. We've made it easy - All you have to do is click here to get started: http://twibbon.com/join/name-it-change-it  Read more »

JUST PLAIN SEXIST: NY Times Covers Women Candidate’s Clothes Rather Than Their Ideas

Posted by NICI Staff on 02/05/2012

The New York Times recently ran an article about what women candidates choose to wear on the trail, continuing a sexist trend of commenting of what political women wear rather than what they say.  Read more »

Paladino Calls Senator Gillibrand “Schumer’s Little Girl”

Posted by NICI Staff on 02/05/2012

Yesterday, NY gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino literally infantilized Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, calling her "Schumer's little girl." Read more »

SEVERE MISOGYNY: Gawker’s “I Had a One-Night Stand With Christine O’Donnell”

Posted by NICI Staff on 02/05/2012

Rather than using humor to dismantle Tea Party Candidate Christine O’Donnell’s platform in time for the midterm elections, Gawker created a platform for a fame-seeking misogynist gossipmonger. Read more »

JUST PLAIN SEXIST: Letterman’s Top Ten on Nancy Pelosi

Posted by NICI Staff on 02/05/2012

The sexist treatment of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi continued this week on The Late Show with David Letterman. On Tuesday, Letterman’s “Top Ten” list was entitled “Top Ten Signs There's Trouble In The Democratic Party.” While the majority of the list took humorous jabs at the Democrats’ struggles during the midterm election season, the “joke” referencing Nancy Pelosi was incredibly sexist, and also made light of a real life sexually violent incident. Read more »

JUST PLAIN SEXIST: Calendar Craze - Vanity Fair on Republican Beefcakes, Czech Women Politicians

Posted by NICI Staff on 02/05/2012

There is a disturbing trend emerging this election season, manifesting in the form of pin-up calendars – both real and satirical – that emphasize candidates’ bodies over their issues.  Read more »

Missourah.com on Carnahan and McCaskill: JUST PLAIN SEXIST

Posted by Intern on 10/28/2010

Last week, Name It. Change It. asserted that sexism has no place in political mudslinging. Conservative blog Missouah.com apparently disagrees. The blog recently attacked Robin Carnahan, a candidate for U.S. Congress in Missouri, by posting a fake ad for opponent Roy Blunt which read, "BLUNT FOR SENATE '10: Because Missouri's already got frumpy, middle-aged blonde progressive with bad hair covered." The ad was accompanied by side-by-side pictures of Robin Carnahan and current Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill.  Read more »

Joy Behar on Sharron Angle: Fight Racism, but not with sexism

Posted by Rachel Larris on 10/26/2010

Earlier today on The View, Joy Behar reacted very strongly against a highly racist and divisive ad that Republican Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle's campaign is airing. While we applaud Behar for identifying and passionately fighting against racism in this crucial election, Behar called Angle a bitch, further normalizing the use of this misogynistic insult, already prevalent in media. The Name It. Change It. campaign urges media to fight racism, but not with sexism. Read more »

Vogue on Kirsten Gillibrand: Just Plain Sexist

Posted by Rachel Larris on 10/26/2010

The first three-quarters of Jonathan Van Meter’s recent Vogue profile of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is a mostly substantive look into her rise as a politician. Then, Van Meter delves into a 500 word report on what he says “the readers of Vogue will want to know:” How much weight did she lose? Read more »

Really Damn Sexist: Arpaio’s Pink Underwear for Palin

Posted by Rachel Larris on 10/25/2010

After meeting Sarah Palin in Arizona on Friday, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio took to his Twitter to comment on his choice of welcoming gift. "I just got done welcoming Sarah Palin to our County," he wrote. "Had a nice chat and gave her a pair of pink underwear." Arpaio, a controversial figure known for his hard-lined approach to law enforcement, has used the "pink underwear" stunt for public relations in the past. After requiring inmates to don the pink boxer shorts - seemingly in an attempt at emasculation and humiliation - Arpaio began to sell the underwear, branded with the Maricopa County Sheriff's logo, and expanded his branded merchandise to include pink handcuffs. Arpaio's use of pink underwear is offensive and highly problematic in and of itself, but his use of a national female politician to delploy sexism as a publicity stunt is deplorable. Read more »

Sexism has no place in political mudslinging

Posted by Intern on 10/22/2010

Malicious attack ads have become an unfortunate staple of our political environment, and with the election only 11 days away the mudslinging now appears to be inescapable. In North Carolina's District 19 State Senate Race, this negative campaigning went a step too far when challenger Wesley Meredith's campaign issued a sexist attack ad against current State Senator Margaret Dickson. It is one thing to attack a candidate on her political views or records in public office, but quite another to berate a candidate with superficial artifacts of femininity; sexism has no place in political mudslinging.  Read more »

The Trope of Gender Conformity: Finding a way out from between a rock and a hard place

Posted by Intern on 10/22/2010

In "She’s a great candidate…for a makeover!" the critique on Jill Stein appears to be about more than just fashion. As fashion designer Michael De Paulo implores the candidate to "embrace a bit of elegance," stylist Joseph Gordon Cleveland criticizes her for falling "into the female politician wardrobe" by "dressing a man’s part." These comments hint at the complex trope of gender conformity that women face while vying for public office. Women candidates often find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to gender: on the one hand they are criticized for not conforming to conventional femininity, and on the other hand their "feminine characteristics" are often measured against a male-dominated political environment. Whether they are critiqued in terms of their appearance or demeanor, women candidates and political leaders are depicted as either "too masculine" to appeal to an American public invested in prescribed gender roles or "too feminine" to survive in tough politics.  Read more »

12 out of 40 of Time’s “40 Under 40” list of rising political stars are women

Posted by Rachel Larris on 10/19/2010

Time Magazine just released their list of "40 under 40," a list of the leaders they consider "rising stars of American Politics." Out of these, 12 profiles are women, including Republicans Sarah Huckabee and Nikki Haley but also leaving out such inspirational young women such as Virginia Congressional candidate Krystal Ball, who has turned a smear into a national platform to address sexsim against women candidates. Read more »

On growing ‘cojones’: How sexist attacks on male candidates hurt women

Posted by Intern on 10/19/2010

We've written a lot about sexist attacks made against female political candidates, but what happens when women launch sexist attacks against male candidates? Amanda Hess interviewed WCF President/CEO Siobhan "Sam" Bennett on how sexist attacks on male candidates hurt women. Read the full story here. Read more »

Puerto Rican Legislator Caught Groping ABC Student Journalist

Posted by Rachel Larris on 10/19/2010

Originally posted on Huffington Post: A Puerto Rican legislator was caught groping and kissing an ABC News student journalist on camera during an ABC investigation into corrupt and unsavory behavior by state legislators.During the investigation, ABC sent cameras to a party in Louisville sponsored by corporate lobbyists for a national convention of state legislators. They caught rowdy scenes of drinking and dancing -- including footage of Jorge Navarro Suarez, a lawmaker from the Puerto Rican House of Representatives, kissing and groping an unnamed female graduate school journalist working for ABC. In the footage, the woman can be seen pushing Suarez away. Suarez seems to acknowledge the woman's disinterest before moving in again. Read more »

Seattle Weekly Cover Illustration of Senator Patty Murray: REALLY DAMN SEXIST

Posted by Intern on 10/18/2010

Senator Patty Murray graces the latest cover of Seattle Weekly—in an illustration that portrays her naked with meat strewn over her. While Seattle Weekly maintains that the image is simply a humorous political cartoon, Name It. Change It. believes that this is a denigrating image that only feeds into sexist stereotypes. In order to shed damaging stereotypes and to create an equitable political environment for female political candidates, media outlets must be held accountable for the sexist images they disseminate to the American public. The Name It. Change It. campaign hopes that Seattle Weekly will join us in changing this problematic coverage by apologizing to Patty Murray and signing our Equality Pledge.  Read more »

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