Mighty Kacy Catanzaro (ht. 5 feet, wt. 100 lbs.) just made history on American Ninja Warrior as the only woman to complete the course at the Dallas finals. Her jaw-dropping performance, beating out many men in the process, is an inspiration to women and girls everywhere. Her video, shared below, has had nearly 6 million hits. While many were moved by her discipline and achievement,...
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Maureen Dowd, arguably the most powerful columnist at The New York Times, has made a career of loathing Hillary Clinton, painting her in a negative light as often as possible, whether she has anything to do with the topic at hand or not. Dowd’s latest columns bash both mother and daughter. First Dowd trashes Chelsea Clinton for the $75,000 fee she earns making speeches, although...
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of rejoining Ed Berliner on Midpoint/Newsmax TV to discuss Hillary Clinton and her remarks about Edward Snowden, the speculation of her 2016 campaign, the pretend “catfight” between Hillary and Elizabeth Warren and more…there is so much “gotcha” out there. I set the record straight! Our Skype connection was not ideal yesterday, but I think you’ll enjoy the interview anyway! *************************** Anita...
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Last week’s firestorm set off by the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision has brought into sharp focus the problem Republicans have in their outreach to women. Rather than Utah Senator Mike Lee et al taking a victory lap over Hobby Lobby’s exemption from covering 4 types of contraception that it (wrongly) classifies as abortifacients in its health care plan, what should trouble Conservatives is the...
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On her book tour for Hard Choices, Hillary Clinton has been getting a fair amount of lambasting from a pundit class that looks to be lying in wait in the tall grass. As usual, Secretary Clinton is graded by a different metric than other potential candidates, or private citizens (she is one right now) would receive. How good would ever be good enough in her case? I answer those...
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Yes, centrism, independence and reasonable voters are sexy! In response to my latest piece, The Sexy New Center in Politics, Millenials and the Oncoming Populist Wave, Jerry and I unpack the bad rap independent voters have gotten, the growing populist clout and surprising makeup of 51% of our population. Reason and civility are good. Vitriol and talking heads? …You be the judge. Check out the...
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Two days before the 2012 Presidential election, EPIC TIMES founder Jerry Doyle and I had our first conversation on his top 5 syndicated radio show. Who knows if he was even in the mood to talk to me? Yet we found common ground as neither of us had much use for Party labels or tolerance for the Kabuki Theatre that comprises much of politics today. ...
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On June 1oth, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched her book, “Hard Choices.” Her blitz interview tour, starting with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, was cause for Jerry to grill me on her every talking point: the “dead broke” gaffe, her IWR vote from 2002 (yes, it is still an issue to some), and much more. Jerry and I debate the value of experience vs. the...
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Thrilled to share my first appearance as a commentator on Newsmax TV. They roll out on Directv next week and host Ed Berliner is a true gent. We discuss Hillary’s book launch, Benghazi, what the American people want in a leader going forward, and read the tea leaves on Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s shocking loss to an unknown in the VA primary Tuesday night… Enjoy the...
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In response to my recent article, Ramifications of #YesAllWomen/#NotAllMen In the Wake of Elliot Rodger’s Killing Spree, Jerry and I look at our society’s addiction to misogyny, toxic masculinity and what we can do to open a dialogue to break that cycle. We also discuss Jeopardy champion Arthur Chu’s brave and insightful Daily Beast article, Your Princess Is In Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement and Nerds. The piece...
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Struggling to make sense of Elliot Rodger’s rampage at UC Santa Barbara last Friday, murdering six men and women and wounding thirteen others before killing himself, whether we blame mental illness or lax gun law enforcement, the roots of his rage were his misogynist hatred of and sense of sexual entitlement to the women he objectified, as illuminated by his chilling 137-page manifesto. Per Amanda...
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Shock waves reverberated through the publishing world as Jill Abramson, the first ever female Executive Editor of The New York Times was abruptly sacked by Publisher/Chairman Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. on Wednesday. Abramson allegedly had an “abrasive style” that contributed to her firing. Color me skeptical. If you want to find a reason to undercut a woman, call her “bossy,” “abrasive” or “pushy.” But being...
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Dirty Words on Clean Skin is a #1 Amazon Women in Politics book for 16 weeks.Anita Finlay's book, Dirty Words on Clean Skin has been accepted to the Clinton Presidential Library and is on the curriculum at Pasadena City College.
"...shares the nasty truth of contemporary misogyny. Adroitly, Finlay relates these injustices to the plight of all women and tells it like it is for women aspiring to power."
"Anita took a very controversial topic and created a book that reads like an adventure story and educates at the same time. In the process, her entire life changed. A well-researched and fascinating book!"