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      How Dare She Unsettle Us?

      How Dare She Unsettle Us?

      As Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Lindsey Graham, Brett Kavanaugh et al, undermine women’s latest efflorescence toward equality, Dr Ford highlighted essential elements of ubiquitous toxic patriarchy. And she did so from the epicenter that dispenses male power

      Susan Galleymore
      Oct 02, 2018

      An intense week of riveting cultural moments amplified by assorted news media. Is he lying under oath to get on the Supreme Court? Is she a pawn of the Democrats? Is Lindsey Graham melting down or showboating? Is Jeff Flake a flake?

      I appreciate the weeklong reprieve as the FBI investigates.

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      The Strength of Kavanaugh's Accusers Is Truly Amazing

      The Strength of Kavanaugh's Accusers Is Truly Amazing

      I know what it’s like to seek justice against all odds. The fact that women keep doing it speaks volumes.

      Aniqa Raihan
      Sep 26, 2018

      Christine Blasey Ford has shown remarkable bravery in speaking out about an attempted rape she experienced over 35 years ago.

      But it's hard not to fear what comes next. She will tell her story -- one she no doubt remembers with painful clarity -- but there will be no smoking gun, no undeniable forensic evidence, and in the end, Brett Kavanaugh may well be confirmed as the newest Justice on the Supreme Court.

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      The Grumpy Old Men of the Senate: Time for This Movie to Fade to Black

      The Grumpy Old Men of the Senate: Time for This Movie to Fade to Black

      Senate Republicans are in the clutches of misogyny, money and male pattern blindness

      Michael Winship
      Sep 21, 2018

      Call me a sentimental fool (pipe down out there) but I keep waiting for the big Frank Capra moment that rationally, I know may never come - you know, like the climax of Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington when the corrupt, patrician senator played by Claude Rains, finally undone by the truth told by Senator Jefferson Smith (earnestly played by Jimmy Stewart), tries to shoot himself.

      "I'm not fit to be a senator! I'm not fit to live!" he cries. "Every word that boy said about... me and graft and the rotten political corruption of my state is true!"

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