Why Young Feminists Don’t Love Hillary Clinton … and Why it Won’t Matter

An article in the National Journal explores why many young feminists aren’t gushing over Hillary Clinton and her 2016 presidential bid. The main problem boils down to the fairly contemporary concept of intersectionality: As the feminism of [Betty] Friedan and second-wave stalwarts like Gloria Steinem moved into the mainstream, some began to criticize it as […]

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Is it Sexist to Call Hillary Clinton “Hillary”?

Some feminists think it is sexist that Hillary Clinton is called by her first name when male candidates are called by their last. They think this uncovers a deep-seated inequality and all that: Laura F. Edwards, a history professor at Duke University who studies gender, said calling a woman by her first name is part […]

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