#How NASCAR’s Toni Breidinger is gearing up for Talladega

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“#How NASCAR’s Toni Breidinger is gearing up for Talladega” After Toni Breidinger graduated from high school in northern California, there was only one place she wanted to be: the little town of Mooresville, NC, aka “Race City, USA.” “If you want to be a singer, you go to LA,” said the 21-year-old. “You want to be…

#Brooke Baldwin claims CNN’s leadership too male-dominated

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“#Brooke Baldwin claims CNN’s leadership too male-dominated” With little over a week left on the job, outgoing CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin is raising the curtain on the network’s male-dominated executive staff and how she had to “fight for women’s stories.” “The most influential anchors on our network, the highest-paid, are men. My bosses, my executives,…

#Isabel Allende on her lifelong feminism and the women who made her career possible

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“#Isabel Allende on her lifelong feminism and the women who made her career possible” Isabel Allende is probably the world’s most famous Latina author, and certainly the best-known among English-language readers. Born in 1942 in Peru, where her father was serving as a Chilean diplomat, Allende embarked early on a life that has never stopped…

#Feminists are MIA as anti-science school closings slam women

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“#Feminists are MIA as anti-science school closings slam women” Where are all the feminists when women need them? The US jobs numbers for December were grim: 140,000 jobs were lost amid new lockdowns across the country. But the gender breakdown of the losses was stunning. As the National Women’s Law Center notes, “Although net jobs lost…

#The church has its own rights and other commentary

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“#The church has its own rights and other commentary” Religion beat: The Church Has Its Own Rights As Europe enters a second lockdown, “authorities are not imposing restrictions equally on churches and civil establishments,” seethes Gladden Pappin at First Things. “Instead, churches are arbitrarily subject to the harshest restrictions.” The disparities, especially glaring in France,…

#The media’s mad race obsession and other commentary

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“#The media’s mad race obsession and other commentary” Iconoclast: Media’s Mad Race Obsession The first presidential debate was “atrocious” — but, argues Spiked Online’s Brendan O’Neill, the media’s race-obsessed coverage “hasn’t been much better.” President Trump’s ambiguous words on the right-wing Proud Boys “have whipped up global fury and rejuvenated the chattering classes’ beloved pastime…

#The Girls of The Boys Talk Characters, Feminism, and Getting Things Done

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“#The Girls of The Boys Talk Characters, Feminism, and Getting Things Done” On a series titled The Boys, the girls are very upfront and present. The Girls represent many different facets of women in their careers and with their relationships with lovers, husbands, girlfriends, coworkers, the public, and family. At a unique press day for…

#Helen Reddy, singer of ‘I Am Woman,’ dead at 78

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“#Helen Reddy, singer of ‘I Am Woman,’ dead at 78” Helen Reddy, the feminist icon behind the hit anthem “I Am Woman,” passed away Tuesday at the age of 78, her family announced. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Helen Reddy,” the singer’s children, Traci Donat and…