(2014/03/10) Like men, only cheaper (Feminism)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 10 March 2014
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Edition #807
Like men, only cheaper
Today we watch as conservatives clumsily try to hold back the rising tide of gender equality. It's quite sad, really.
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: The GOP war on women hasn't died down - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-23-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Out of control - U2
Ch. 4: Act 2: Privileged Republican Senator Dismisses 'War On Women' But Here Are The Facts - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-28-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: La nuit - David Ari Leon
Ch. 6: Act 3: Bill O'Reilly: "There's Got To Be Some Downside To Having A Woman President" - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 02-27-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: La nuit - David Ari Leon
Ch. 8: Act 4: No, Online Harassment is Not the Same for Women and Men - @majorityfm - Air Date: 01-24-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Superwoman - Alicia Keys
Ch. 10: Act 5: Rand Paul: Women won the war on women - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-27-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi - Yann Tiersen
Ch. 12: Act 6: O'Reilly Questions "The Point" Of Highlighting The Gender Pay Gap - Media Matters (@mmfa) - Air Date: 01-16-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi - Yann Tiersen
Ch. 14: Act 7: Obama Sets Bear Trap, Republicans Walk Right Into It - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-31-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: The chance I deserve - Club 8
Ch. 16: Act 8: Stop Michael Boggs’s Confirmation via @NARAL - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 17: Song 8: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 18: Act 9: @josswhedon at 'Make Equality Reality' - @equalitynow - Air Date: 11-08-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 19: Donate your account call to action - Perry from Green County, IN
Ch. 20: A mild scolding - Matt in Negaunee, Mi
Ch. 21: Explaining signifier words and their threat to privilege - Tanya in California
Leave a message at 202-999-3991
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 22: Final comments asking just how much privilege do some people need
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
ACTIVISM:
Stop Michael Boggs’s Confirmation from NARAL Pro-Choice America
Stop Michael Boggs’s Confirmation from MoveOn.org
Sources/further reading:
"Why the Campaign Against Conservative Judicial Nominees Like Michael Boggs Matters” by Jessica Mason Pieklo, RHRC sr. legal analyst
"27 Liberal Groups Oppose Obama Judicial Nominee"
"Civil rights leaders call for Obama to withdraw Georgia judicial nominees" via The Hill
"Obama judicial nominees draw lawmaker, civil rights ire” via CNN
"Voting yes on Boggs is bad for women” by MSNBC.com guest blogger, Ilyse Hogue, NARAL president
"Major Abortion Rights Group Breaks With Obama Over Judicial Nominee’s Record On Choice” by Ian Millhiser at Think Progress
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
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| 0:12.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left podcast, with clips today from all |
| 0:16.4 | in with Chris Hayes, the Young Turks, the Media Matters Minute, the Majority Report, and |
| 0:20.2 | Joss Whedon. |
| 0:21.2 | And hell, let's call it ladies night. |
| 0:23.1 | All the women listening, get this episode for free to help make up for that whole wage |
| 0:27.3 | gap thing. |
| 0:28.3 | You're welcome. |
| 0:29.3 | A calendar with a number of days since a Republican said something offensive about women was reset |
| 0:34.6 | back to zero. |
| 0:35.6 | With former governor of Arkansas, Micah could be stepping up to the plate to remind everyone |
| 0:39.5 | why the Republican Party has such a hard time with the ladies. |
| 0:45.4 | Women I know are outraged that the Democrats think that women are nothing more than helpless |
| 0:50.2 | and hopeless creatures whose only goal in life is to have the government provide for them |
| 0:54.6 | birth control medication. |
| 0:57.2 | Women I know are smart, educated, intelligent, capable of doing anything that anyone else |
| 1:01.8 | can do. |
| 1:02.8 | You could say the Republican Party has a problem with women. |
| 1:06.8 | Even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that got intended |
| 1:12.6 | to happen. |
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