I caught the last half hour of the Democratic debates last night on MSNBC. Enough to see Hillary Clinton talking tough on terrorism, Barak Obama responding to a question about the envrionment, Dennis Kucinich give an empassioned and compelling case about being the only one to want to impeach Dick Cheney, and yes, I tuned in with enough time to see Gravel unravel.
But what really got me was the post-debate commentary. Chris Matthews liked Hillary's pearl necklace and thought Michelle Obama looked great too.
What is this?? We had all 8 democratic presidential hopefuls together, acting respectful towards one another (thank god), and speaking to today's most important issues. And all they can say afterwards is that the women looked nice? Give me a break.
Yesterday I had the good fortune to interview three radical writer-mamas who were on the Ideals & Crazy Dreams book tour in Asheville. Ariel Gore, founder of Hip Mama zine and author of her latest book, How to be a Famous Author Before You're Dead; Annie Downey author of Hot & Bothered; and China Martens, long time zinester and auther of a new zine-book, The Future Generation. The interview aired on WPVM-LP 103.5 FM Asheville on the show I co-host with Leah, Listen 2 Women. After the interview the women all said how nice it was to be interviewed by another woman; the questions were good and they really enjoyed themselves.
Makes want to find a way to get women covering women during the upcoming presidential election.
I can guarantee we'd ask questions about things that are really imporant to American women. And we wouldn't end the interview saying "Thanks honey, love the pearls."
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