Tag Archives: Kirsten Gillibrand

On Wendy Long (and other women candidates who couldn’t care less about women)

By Vanessa | Published: July 11, 2012
Tweet Feministing Editor Emeritus Ann Friedman has said it before, and it’s become a kind of mantra here: A woman candidate is not the same thing as a woman’s candidate. New York GOP candidate for U.S. Senate Wendy Long pretty much embodies this statement — and she’s strongly vying for Senator Kristen Gillibrand’s seat. Luckily [...]
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pushes for DOMA repeal

By Chloe | Published: June 27, 2011
TweetIt’s been a hell of a couple of days for advocates of LGBT rights around here. On Friday night, the New York State senate sent a passed marriage equality bill to the desk of Governor Andrew Cuomo, who signed it into law right away. And on Sunday, the streets of New York were filled with [...]
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Kirsten Gillibrand: The women’s movement is stalled

By Vanessa | Published: May 31, 2011
TweetI’ve got me a bone to pick with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. It was my mom who actually got pissed while watching Morning Joe last week and brought this conversation to my attention where Gillibrand, Tina Brown and others discuss the state of women in politics. No, it wasn’t the part where she talks about how [...]
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Harry Reid: Gillibrand “hottest” member of Senate

By Vanessa | Published: September 21, 2010
Tweet Me? Sexist? Never! Yes, really: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had an unusual form of praise for New York’s junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, this morning at the fundraiser Mayor Bloomberg hosted for him at his townhouse – referring to her as “the hottest member” as she sat just a few feet away, according to [...]
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