By Kimberley Johnson on July 25, 2016
Bill Maher, Hillary Clinton, misogyny, Republicans, sexism
Elections, Hillary Clinton, Sexism
On his HBO show Real Time, Bill Maher asked the question, “Is America ready for a female president?” One of his guests, America Ferraro, a Clinton surrogate, commented that Maher’s question was boring. He insisted his question is a valid one and defended his position by pointing out the uptick in racist rhetoric and behavior […]
By Kimberley Johnson on July 21, 2016
anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly, Equal Rights Amendment, Hillary Clinton, republican platform
Sexism, Uncategorized, Women's Issues
Famous toxic gender traitor Phyllis Schlafly is over the moon about the current GOP platform, which includes restricting abortion in cases of rape and incest, banning women from combat and completely ignoring equal pay or family leave. Schlafly’s approval comes no surprise considering that in the 1970s she led the charge to stop the Equal Rights […]
By Kimberley Johnson on June 25, 2016
feminism, Gender-based discrimination in politics, Hillary Clinton, mansplainers, misogyny, POTUS, sexism, woman president
Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, Sexism, Women's Issues
We ain’t seen nothing yet… Incidents of sexism and misogyny will not fall by the wayside if Hillary wins in November. The Ugly Underbelly Of Blatant Sexism Will Be Exposed In A Whole New Way If Hillary Wins In November When Barack Obama became the first African-American president of the United States, the thin façade of […]
By Kimberley Johnson on June 14, 2016
Bigotry, breastfeeding in public, breastfeeding incident, controversy over public breastfeeding, feeding your baby in public, legally protected right to breastfeed, no shame in feeding your baby, nursing babies in public, Target, woman verbally assaulted with baby at Target
Bigotry, Sexism, Women's Issues
Jessie Maher was breastfeeding her one month old daughter in a Connecticut Target when a strange man began verbally assaulting her. Maher told WFSB that the unidentified man appeared angry and said, “Can’t you do that somewhere else?” He said what she was doing was disgusting. “I am feeding my baby, and I have the right to […]
By Kimberley Johnson on April 11, 2016
are men intimidated by powerful women, be courteous, discrimination against women, explaining in a condescending or patronizing manner, mansplaining, men explain things to me, progressive, progressives evolve and try to be open-minded, sexism
Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, Sexism, Women's Issues
Mansplaining is defined as “to explain something to someone, typically a man to woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.” The other day, my young activist friend, Madison Kimrey, messaged me to commiserate about a “progressive” man who often messages her and tells her how to behave, what she should read and so […]