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by Lisa Rosman | September 25, 2017
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| Elizabeth Warren at testimony by U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, July 2017/Photo: CC/Flickr |
It’s safe to say that 2017 has been one of the most politically tumultuous years in U.S. history. But if there’s one silver lining, it’s that female leaders have really stepped to the forefront – from former Attorney General Sally Yates, who refused to endorse the proposed travel ban on people from majority-Muslim countries, to Senator Kamala Harris, the only sane voice in the Session hearings, to U.S. representative Maxine Waters, one of President Trump’s most vocal critics. Thank goddess, for we need as many strong women voices as possible to defeat the misogynist tenor of this current administration. These female political leaders should inspire us all to fight the good fight.
What Happened
Hillary Rodham Clinton
She
may not have (officially) won the 2016 election, but the future is
still female to Hillary. In this much-anticipated, admirably candid
memoir, she explores why the first female U.S. presidential nominee of a
major political party was defeated by a man whom even the GOP admits
has a “woman problem.” From the anti-lady sentiment still holding sway –
“I wish so badly we were a country where a candidate who said, ‘My
story is the story of a life shaped by and devoted to the movement for
women’s liberation’ would be cheered, not jeered. But that’s not who we
are” – to her lambasting of press coverage – “[Trump’s actions] sucked
up all the oxygen in the media” and Trump’s “dark energy” – Hillary
never holds back, even when acknowledging her own blunders. (Yep, she
regrets the “deplorables” comment as much as we do.) Brave, commanding,
and painfully honest, it’s hard to read this memoir of loss and not wish
she’d won.
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