Clinton’s Qualifications Go Way Beyond Wardrobe
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 04/26/2012
Hillary Clinton has become a popular internet celebrity but that doesn’t justify BuzzFeed’s latest piece. Read more »
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Women. Just a Formality.
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 04/26/2012
Major Name It. Change It. kudos going out to Professors Kathleen Dolan and Jennifer Lawless on their CNN article “In Veepstakes, Women Don’t Rate” in which they definitively call out the media in their sexist treatment of potential women nominees for Mitt Romney’s vice presidential candidate (which sadly, we’ve already had to do). Read more »
Vogue’s Shallow Coverage Of Nikki Haley
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 04/24/2012
Vogue Magazine write a shallow story about South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. As you can imagine, the article pays far more attention to her style than her work. Read more »
Calling a Candidate Darling is Sexist: Take Five
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 04/20/2012
Once again we are forced to explain why calling a woman candidate "darling" is sexist. Read more »
Ghost of Sarah Palin Past
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 04/18/2012
Speculation continues about GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick. There’s a long list of potential names including several women, but according to the media and some political pundits, the process is being haunted by the ghost of Sarah Palin. Read more »
Hillary’s Hair STILL Doesn’t Matter
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 04/17/2012
It’s been an interesting past couple of weeks for Hillary Clinton. While becoming the pinnacle of cool in the viral Texts from Hillary Tumblr, she’s had plenty of sexist media attention fretting over her hair style and praise for the fact she’s still a “good girl” at heart. Uuuh, thanks guys, I needed to be reminded that there are clearly more important things consider about Clinton other than the fact she’s the Secretary of State. Thankfully, the Daily Mail has a written a helpful reminder that what Clinton is wearing is of greater importance than the fact the summit she was attending was bombed three times. Really needed my priorities straightened out on that one. Thank goodness! Read more »
New Rules for Bill Maher
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 04/11/2012
Name It. Change It. has some thoughts about Bill Maher. Read more »
Women Voters Aren’t Contestants on The Bachelorette
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 04/11/2012
It's become far too common for political pundits to use the cute metaphor that women selecting a political candidate = women selecting a date. Read more »
Elle Magazine’s Sexist Praise of Hillary Clinton
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 04/06/2012
Elle magazine writer Rachael Combe longs for a world with equal representation but her profile of Hillary Clinton is exactly the kind of sexist media coverage that holds women back. Read more »
She’s Not His Wife, He’s Her Husband
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 04/05/2012
Women's aren't property media should take care how they talk about candidate's spouses. Read more »
What’s The Most Offensive Thing About FishBowlDC’s Poll on Rep. Corrine Brown Wig?
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 03/27/2012
FishBowl DC has created a sexist and racist poll on Rep. Corrine Brown’s hair. So we created an alternative poll. Read more »
Hillary Clinton: A Haired Subject For Columnists
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 03/27/2012
A Scripps Howard News Service columnist reads the tea leaves into Hillary Clinton's hair style. Read more »
Elle’s Gendered Take on New York’s Christine Quinn
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 03/27/2012
It's sad to see that Elle magazine has to frame potential future New York mayoral candidate Christine Quinn in terms of her fashion choices. Read more »
The Darling Files: Kirsten Gillibrand
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 03/27/2012
We've said it once and we'll say it again: don't call women politicians "darling." Read more »
Name It. Change It. releases Media Guide to Gender Neutral Coverage of Women Candidates
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 03/26/2012
Name It. Change It. releases its new guide, The Media Guide to Gender Neutral Coverage of Women Candidates + Politicians. Read more »
Your Sexism Is Showing
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 03/26/2012
One New Mexico State Senator's purposeful omission of a female candidate's qualifications isn't only dishonest, it's sexist. Read more »
Ludicrous Logic
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 03/16/2012
There’s new criticism about Rush Limbaugh’s verbal assault on Sandra Fluke and the logic of it is especially troubling. Read more »
Elizabeth Warren Darling Watch
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 03/13/2012
Once again Name It. Change It. explains why it's sexist to call a woman candidate "darling." Read more »
Wolf Trap: Sexism Looks the Same From the Left and the Right
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 03/07/2012
Former Governor Sarah Palin was asked by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about the ongoing the Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke controversy. But sexism is not about Republican or Democrat. Read more »
Does Slate’s Hanna Rosin Think Women Only Care About “Women’s Issues?”
Posted by Kate McCarthy on 03/06/2012
Slate's DoubleX Factor uses some unfortunate, and reductive, phrasing to talk about women voters and elections. Read more »