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Rosanne DunkelbergerJune 9, 2016

Tuesday’s impromptu election-night watch party was probably the largest concentration of post-menopausal women in Tallahassee history. An observation I shared with many of the women there. No one was insulted. We laughed. No, there wasn’t a whole lot of estrogen in the room, but there was a giddiness as the crowd of about 75 (including […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 25, 2016

The OMG moment tucked itself among the scone recipe, the adorable kitten video and the wing-nut screeds in my Facebook feed. There it was: The account of Gloria Steinem’s and Madeleine Albright’s speculations that today’s young women were failing to show up for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton because (a) they’d rather be where the […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 11, 2016

Madeline Albright and Gloria Steinem need to stop obsessing about young women who won’t vote for Hillary Clinton. There’s a better use for their time and energy if they want her to be elected president. That’s to take Clinton by the shoulders, shake her until her teeth rattle, and scream into her ear, “Who do […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 10, 2016

Madeline Albright and Gloria Steinem need to stop obsessing about young women who won’t vote for Hillary Clinton. There’s a better use for their time and energy if they want her to be elected president. That’s to take Clinton by the shoulders, shake her until her teeth rattle, and scream into her ear, “Who do […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2015

You wanna lay odds that MaryEllen Elia holds on to her gig next Tuesday? A casual analysis regarding the fate of the 66-year-old Hillsborough County Superintendent shows that it could come down to the two newcomers to the board, Melissa Snively and Sally Harris. Neither of them are fully prepared to make such a momentous decision, they […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 14, 2015

Gloria Steinem, an American icon who helped created Ms. magazine some 43 years ago, will receive the first ever Helen Gordon Davis Women’s Leadership Award on Wednesday, February 11, at a luncheon hosted by the Centre for Women at the Crowne Plaza Tampa Westshore. Proceeds from the event will go towards the Centre for Women, […]

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Scenes from a Hillary Clinton watch party

Linda Grist Cunningham: Boomer women shouldn’t fret that younger women are making their own political decisions

Martin Dyckman: Hillary Clinton should acknowledge that her speaking fees are offensive

Martin Dyckman: Hillary Clinton should acknowledge that her speaking fees are offensive

Mitch Perry Report for 1.15.15 – The establishment comes out fighting for MaryEllen Elia

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem to be honored in Tampa next month