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I mentioned What’s Your Point, Honey? two weeks ago, but the New York Times published an article about it last Friday.
Play the personal empowerment card regardless of impersonal societal stereotyping. Play the field, professionally speaking. And never forget to be as playful as a hutch-load of Playboy bunnies.
“What’s Your Point, Honey?” which persuasively posits the notion of grooming an entire generation of female candidates in time for the 2024 presidential election, chronicles the lives of seven college women who have won internships to CosmoGIRL! magazine via essays submitted to a contest it co-sponsors with the White House Project.
“At first I thought, ‘Whew, a CosmoGIRL in the Oval Office?’ ” she admits. “And then I thought, ‘Hey, any way we can get there!’ The fantasy aspect is that there are young women walking around out there right now who could be president in 15 years or so,” she speculates. “The seven women in the film may or may not end up wanting to run, but what it’s really about is diversity and the reality that, guess what, our first woman president may not be white and blonde.”
Ms. Sewell, in partnership with Susan Toffler, knew she wanted feminism or, more specifically, the political clout or lack thereof experienced by young women, to be the topic of her second film. Getting Hollywood to bankroll it proved impossible, so she and Ms. Toffler, a producer of the 1997 film, “The Cost of Living,” are schlepping it around the country themselves, with screenings benefiting nonprofit women’s leadership groups, including Girls Incorporated of New York City. Paramount Classics bought “Mad Hot Ballroom” after its premiere at the Slamdance Festival, a renegade spawn of the Sundance Festival.
Like I wrote before, we need to get this here. How do people do that??
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:00 pm June 2nd, 2008 in Announcements, Gender, Government, leadership, Marketing, Media, Ohio, Parenting, Politics, Women
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The DNC has put together a “how to run” for elections for youth and beginners. It would be nice for women to take advantage of this. More candidates means more opportunities to win. Your State Democratic Party should have a link to this. Take advantage.
Attempt to have it played locally, a fundraiser?
I voted for Lexie Mitter, perhaps you could get the Jewish community to back her to come and host a local event?
To busy, you could get media coverage and local woman leaders to attend.
Hi,
Would love to have the DNC get involved in helping us get our film out and maybe getting young women to sign up for the “how to run” groups.
And to Oengus — email me — let’s get it to your town. We’ll bring Lexie in!
Thanks!!!!!