The Wrong Turn

Monday 21st June

50.50 – equal but different: a reply to Ruth Rosen

Rosemary Bechler, 21 June 2010
Something challenging and refreshing has begun to emerge in some serious publications. Women are claiming an equal right to exploration and debate, and helping to redefine the 'mainstream', but through gender difference, not through submerging
Monday 24th May

A tale of two women leaders

Linda Tarr-Whelan, 24 May 2010
What can we expect women to bring to leadership? And who best fulfils these expectations – celebrity Sarah Palin, or Madeleine Albright, first female US Secretary of State? Linda Tarr Whelan met Rosemary Bechler in the middle of her 26-state tour of the United States and the United Kingdom to promote her book, Women Lead the Way: Your Guide to Stepping Up to Leadership and Changing the World
Monday 23rd November

Why do Americans love Sarah Palin?

Ruth Rosen, 23 November 2009
Why does America take Palin seriously? The answer lies in gender politics, and in the history of right-wing populism. That populism is at its strongest at a time of social anxiety.
Tuesday 4th November

Palinism - taking advantage of feminism for personal gain

Susan Griffin, 4 November 2008

Palinism - taking advantage of feminism for personal gain

Susan Griffin responds to The Wrong Turn...

I think we ought to memorialize Sarah Palin's candidacy with a new word, Palinism, to be defined as the practice of taking advantage of feminism for personal gain without supporting the rights of other women. (see also opportunism.)

Thursday 23rd October

The wrong turn (1): ‘half a feminist vote'

Rosemary Bechler, 23 October 2008
Over the next few days Rosemary Bechler looks at some of the discussion around the ‘feminist vote' in the US elections. Could it be that we have taken a wrong turn, and may miss out on a historic opportunity in which feminists have a unique role to play?
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