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Amanda Marcotte (born September 2, 1977) is a blogger. She runs the weblog Pandagon and was briefly the blogmaster for the presidential campaign of former Senator John Edwards.

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Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, And Childless By Choice

Sarah Palin won't go away, but perhaps Stupak-Pitts will. Also, childlessness by choice comes out of the closet. Links in this episode: On this episode, I'll be interviewing author Laura Scott about childlessness by choice.  Also, the ...

From AMANDA MARCOTTE, Reproductive Health: Reality Check,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  Nancy Pelosi,  Center for Reproductive Rights,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party

Nothing New About Gender-Bending Fashion

The writer, Ruth La Ferla, erroneously claims that this trend is the first time since the '70s that fashion has taken such a decidedly gender-bending turn. She's either forgetting or deliberately blocking out the early '90s, when exactly the dynamic ...

From AMANDA MARCOTTE, Double X,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kurt Cobain,  New York Times Company

Sarah Palin Embarks on New Career as Professional Crank

Emily, I agree with you that Sarah Palin just needs to go away. But I think that it's oversimplifying the case to say her womanhood explains the fascination with her, though that is part of it. Palin's political career is almost surely over, but that ...

From AMANDA MARCOTTE, Double X,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party,  Glamour

The Stupak-Pitts Controversy is Based On--and Masks--A Deepset Fear of Women's Agency

The Stupak-Pitts amendment to the House bill for health care reform grabbed most of the headlines after the health care reform vote.  It makes sense---the media and socially conservative politicians love to bang the drum about abortion.  The media ...

From AMANDA MARCOTTE, Reproductive Health: Reality Check,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Bart Stupak,  Rachel Maddow,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party

Devaluing Daughters

If you're interested in reading a refreshing burst of honesty today, you could do worse than Aaron Traister's piece about the different reactions he received from people when he told them he was expecting a son and when he told them, a couple years ...

From AMANDA MARCOTTE, Double X,  16 Nov 2009

All About Stupak-Pitts (And Oklahoma)

Two segments examining the hows and whys of the Stupak-Pitts amendment. Also, Megan Carpentier talks about an Oklahoma law invading women's privacy. Links in this episode: On this episode of Reality Cast, it's a whole lot of discussion and ...

From AMANDA MARCOTTE, Reproductive Health: Reality Check,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Senate,  MSNBC,  Washington Post Company

Women Don't "Forget" To Have Kids

While conceding that Huffington Post might write headlines for its celebrity bloggers, I still have to admit that I knew no good would come from an article titled "" This myth of the woman who "forgets" to have kids is so common that we don't stop to ...

From AMANDA MARCOTTE, Double X,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mika Brzezinski

Disneyfied Vaginas Questioned by Cranky British Researchers

The British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology recently published one of those "no duh" studies, this time indicating that it might not be the greatest idea in the world to have a plastic surgeon hack away at your genitals so you can look in the ...

From AMANDA MARCOTTE, Double X,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: BBC

The Party of Anxious Masculinity

Unsurprisingly, the Politico writers don't simply write, "Because the Republican party is run by people like Rush Limbaugh, duh," and call it a day. Not that they don't have a few examples of tone-deaf Republicans—such as Pete Sessions, who suggested ...

From AMANDA MARCOTTE, Double X,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Rush Limbaugh,  Pete Sessions,  Deborah D. Pryce,  Sandra Day O'Connor

Assaults On Public Option, Women's Right To Privacy

Nona Willis Aronowitz talks about her new book "Girl Drive". The public option seems viable, and health care reform opponents freak out, and a new law in Oklahoma invades women's privacy. Links in this episode: On this episode of Reality Cast, I' ...

From AMANDA MARCOTTE, Reproductive Health: Reality Check,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Health Service,  U.S. Senate,  Nancy Pelosi,  Mitch McConnell,  Dennis Miller

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