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9

WaPo Live Chat at 1pm re: The Future of Feminism w/Linda Hirshman


Here’s the link.

“In April 2004, around 1 million women went to Washington to rally for women’s rights. One of the main speakers at the event was the junior senator from New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton, even then the object of future presidential speculation. Her surprise appearance elicited an ecstatic response from the crowd. For all its size and enthusiasm, though, the rally failed to achieve its central goal of defeating George W. Bush in the presidential election and protecting the abortion rights majority on the Supreme Court. And now, after a valiant effort, Clinton has apparently likewise failed at her goal of becoming the first woman president of the United States. At 40-something, organized feminism is having trouble reproducing. … And what this precise electoral moment tells us is that in fact it was never in a position to function as an effective electoral force.”

Feminist author Linda Hirshman, who wrote “Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World,” will be online Monday, June 9 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss her Outlook article how the end of the Clinton campaign is indicative of how splintered the feminist movement has become, and how women can better work together for future advancement.

Submit your questions and comments before or during today’s discussion.

Got something to say? GO SAY IT! Or just listen and learn – that’s pretty damn important too you know.

If you can’t be there, you can check out the session’s archive later.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:34 pm June 9th, 2008 in Announcements, Gender, WH2008, Women 

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