Kamala Harris and the Misogynoir Playbook

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🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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How was Kamala Harris first introduced in the press, and what can it contextualize about her path from prosecutor to politician? Cristen digs into the "socialite" slurs, weaponized relationships and misogynoir that marked her first major media coverage and political showdowns—and how she defined her own narrative anyway. Join the Unladies Room Patreon to go deeper on the widening gender gap in 2024 presidential election polls. Listen and subscribe to CONSPIRACY, SHE WROTE. Episodes 1-5 are out now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My mother used to, she would give us a hard time sometimes and she would say to us,
0:05.0	I don't know what's wrong with you young people.
0:07.0	You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
0:10.0	You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you. I'm Lady Love.
0:25.0	A lady like.
0:27.0	A lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like
0:35.3	I've had a love.
0:40.8	This is on lady, I'm Kristen.
0:44.0	Let's get to the episode.
0:46.0	Let's get to the reason for the fucking season
0:50.0	whose name is Kamala Harris.
0:54.3	Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you,
0:57.2	thank you, thank you, thank you, please,
0:59.1	thank you, please, thank you so very much.
1:02.1	Something though that I want to highlight underscore circle etc.
1:08.0	Is that this is a tight race all of the enthusiasm and goodwill overall that's been happening
1:17.9	towards Kamala within the Democratic Party. It's great. And yes, she is up in the polls, but she is also making up for
1:30.1	the ground that Joe Biden lost.
1:34.1	And while we need to take election polling
1:36.4	with a grain of salt, yes.
1:38.8	The latest polls from ABC News that just came out after Labor Day
1:45.0	show that the DNC, the convention itself
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