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9
Cynthia Enloe.
Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women’s Lives
(Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000).

10
Amnesty International, “Lives blown apart: Crimes against women in times of conflict,” December 2004. Found online at:
http://web.amnesty.org/library
.

11
Robert Jensen. “The High Cost of Manliness,” Alternet, September 8, 2006.

1
Althouse is run by University of Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse. Found online at:
www.althouse.blogspot.com
.

2
“Women Now Have Equal Sexuality Rights,” press release, Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Institute of New York. Found online at:
www.prweb.com/releases
.

3
“New Message to Models: Eat!” ABC News, September 15, 2006. Found online at:
www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment
.

4
“Skinny models banned from catwalk,” CNN, September 13, 2006. Found online at:
www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe
.

5
“Gaultier swaps Size 0 models for ‘Size 20,’” the
Daily Mail,
October 4, 2006. Found online at:
www.dailymail.co.uk/pages
.

1
Women Officeholders 2006, Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers University.

2
University at Albany, State University of New York, Women in State Policy Leadership, 1998-2005.
An Analysis of Slow and Uneven Progress, A Report of the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society.
Winter 2006.

3
Women’s Voices. Women Vote. Found online at:
www.wvwv.org
.

4
Steve Vogel. “Owens Assails Schaefer’s Remarks,”
The Washington Post,
September 6, 2006.

5
Phyllis Jordan. “Schaefer Remarks Criticized, Maryland Moment,”
The Washington Post,
February 15, 2006. Found online at:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/annapolis
.

6
“Executive Summary, Framing Gender on the Campaign Trail, Style Over Substance: Spotlight on Elizabeth Dole.” Found online at:
www.thewhitehouseproject.org/v2/researchandreports
.

7
Loretta Nall campaign blog. Found online at:
www.nallforgovernor.blogspot.com
.

8
John Podhoretz on Hillary Clinton’s “virtues,” Media Matters, May 10, 2006. Found online at:
www.mediamatters.org/items
.

9
Ibid.

10
Robin Toner. “Women Wage Key Campaigns for Democrats,”
The New York Times,
March 24, 2006.

11
Ann Friedman, March 24, 2006. Found online at:
www.feministing.com/archives
.

12
Josh Gerstain. “Maloney Wins Support of ACLU For Regulation of Abortion Ads,”
The New York Sun,
March 31, 2006.

13
Jeremy Peters. “F.D.A. Plans to Consider Morning-After Pill,”
The New York Times,
July 31, 2006.

14
“Kansas Anti-Abortion Bill Veto Sticks,” Associated Press, Thursday, April 28, 2005.

15
Found online at:
www.house.gov/waters
.

16
R. G. Ratcliffe and Anne Marie Kilday. “Groundbreaking politician, quintessential Texas woman,”
The Houston Chronicle,
September 14, 2006.

17
Bella Abzug was an outspoken congresswoman who fought tirelessly for women’s rights. She died in 1998. Read more about her online at:
www.womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes
.

18
Patricia Schroeder was Colorado’s first woman in Congress. Read more about her online at:
www.womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes
.

19
John Kerry campaign button.

20
“Marriage Gap Bigger Than Gender Gap, With Married People More Supportive Than Singles Are To Bush and Republicans, Annenberg Data Show,” National Annenberg Election Survey, July 2, 2004.

21
Quoted in Ruth Rosen. “Women Really on Their Own,”
The Nation,
October 29, 2004.

22
The 50/50 Campaign, Women’s Environment & Development Organization. Found online at:
www.wedo.org/programs
.

23
Found online at:
wedo.org/campaigns.aspx?mode=5050main
.

24
Getting the Balance Right in National Parliaments, 50/50 Campaign, Women’s Environment & Development Organization.

25
Found online at:
www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt
.

26
Found online at:
www.sweden.se/templates
.

1
Lorde, Audre. “Age, Race, Class and Sex,”
Race, Class and Gender in the United States
, Fourth Edition. Ed. By Paula S. Rothenberg, St. Martin’s Press, 1998.

2
Working Group on Women and Human Rights, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rugters University. Found online at:
www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/bkgdbrfintersec.html
.

3
McIntosh, Peggy
. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
, Found online at:
http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~mcisaac/emc598ge/Unpacking.html
.

4
Lorde, Audre. “Age, Race, Class and Sex,”
Race, Class and Gender in the United States,
Fourth Edition. Ed. By Paula S. Rothenberg, St. Martin’s Press, 1998.

5
Pharr, Suzanne. “Homophobia as a Weapon of Sexism,”
Class and Gender in the United States
, Fourth Edition. Ed. By Paula S. Rothenberg, St. Martin’s Press, 1998.

6
Ibid.

1
Holla Back. Found online at:
www.hollabacknyc.blogspot.com
.

I’d like to give tremendous thanks to everyone who helped and supported me as I was writing this book: my editor Brooke Warner, my agent Tracy Brown, my ever-patient parents Nancy and Phil Valenti, Vanessa Valenti, Gwen Beetham, Raymond Clepper, Celina De Leon, Evan Derkacz, Ann Friedman, Allison Heiny, Adam Joseph, Amanda Marcotte, Christine Marron, Maureen McFadden, Kate Mogulescu, Jen Moseley, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Joan Ross-Frankson, Bill Scher, Rebecca Traister, all the feminist bloggers out there who inspire me, and—with never-ending appreciation—all of the readers and supporters of
Feministing.com
.

Jessica Valenti is the founder and executive editor of the popular blog
Feministing.com
. An out-and-proud feminist, she has a master’s degree in women’s and gender studies and has worked with both national and international women’s organizations. In addition to blogging for Feministing, Jessica is a blogger for NARAL Pro-Choice America and a cofounder of The REAL Hot 100, a national campaign that aims to change the perception of young women in the media. Her writing has appeared in
Alternet, Salon, Guernica
magazine, and
The Guardian.
Jessica lives in New York City, where she was born and raised and is likely to never leave.

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