Thanks for posting this. I'd seen the Womens Media Centre montage and it made me sick. I can't say we'd be any better when our turn comes for a female candidate for PM. I'm hoping Julia Gillard takes a shot sometime soon, I think you'd like her too.
I've been hearing a few people say that Clinton made mistakes in her campaign (and what politician doesn't, if they've got any actual opinions at all? the only safe thing is to be bland). But I also saw this graph which seems to show that Clinton had always had strong support, and never lost it, it's just that Obama popped out of nowhere and surprised everyone.
I'm interested to see what Clinton does next. She'll make another bid for presidency sometime, but in the meanwhile I'd like to see her take on a role in shaping health policy - who does that in the US, and who decides which person gets the job? Here it's a Minister for Health decided by Cabinet.
As for SATC, well, it's just the least-threatening way I can imagine to show women making decisions in their life. Blergh. I'd like to see the movie out of curiosity, but I'll wait till it's on tv so I don't have to pay for it.
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Date: 2008-06-09 03:50 am (UTC)I've been hearing a few people say that Clinton made mistakes in her campaign (and what politician doesn't, if they've got any actual opinions at all? the only safe thing is to be bland). But I also saw this graph which seems to show that Clinton had always had strong support, and never lost it, it's just that Obama popped out of nowhere and surprised everyone.
I'm interested to see what Clinton does next. She'll make another bid for presidency sometime, but in the meanwhile I'd like to see her take on a role in shaping health policy - who does that in the US, and who decides which person gets the job? Here it's a Minister for Health decided by Cabinet.
As for SATC, well, it's just the least-threatening way I can imagine to show women making decisions in their life. Blergh. I'd like to see the movie out of curiosity, but I'll wait till it's on tv so I don't have to pay for it.