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...Which is why other leading feminists - including former NARAL head Kate Michelman and writer Katha Pollit - have taken a more pragmatic approach, endorsing Obama for reasons they say are unrelated to gender. Similarly, the NARAL board also focused its decision-making on the question of how best to blunt John McCain's appeal to swing voters, particularly moderate pro-choice women who are largely unaware of his steadfast opposition to abortion. The issue was the main topic of conversation when I met with NARAL staffers earlier in the winter and has long worried the organization. They also reportedly wanted...
Though she is a self-proclaimed feminist, Katha Pollitt’s latest work defies easy stereotype. The biographical essays in “Learning to Drive” touch on a variety of unexpected subjects, including the melodramatics of break-ups and cheating boyfriends. “The book is pieces of my life, my thoughts. As with everything I write, I hope to make a connection,” says Pollitt, who appeared at the Harvard Book Store on Monday. Pollitt hopes to reach out not only to her female readers, but also to men who might...
...jungle are among the offerings. Alternatively, while the other guests are on excursions, you can simply sit on a deck chair, cocktail in hand, and take in the stunning riverscape. The four-night cruise to Mandalay and Bagan costs about $2,100; an 11-night cruise, including Bhamo, Bagan, Katha, Rangoon and Mandalay, is far better value at about $2,400. Even the most jaded travelers among you should prepare to be charmed. As Kipling said, Burma "will be unlike any other land you know about." See www.orient-express.com...
...carer, woman as earth mother, woman as unsung guardian of all the small rituals that knit together a family and a community, woman as beneath, above or beyond such manly concerns as law, reason, abstract ideals—these images are as old as time,” wrote Katha Pollitt, a noted feminist...
...Katha Pollitt is an author and a columnist for the Nation