Judith Warner: The Hillary-haters and "Sex and the City"


	Judith Warner: The Hillary-haters and "Sex and the City"

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6-28-2008 12:03 AM

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Judith Warner on the brutal misogyny represented in all the banter, on the one hand, about Hillary Clinton as a "castrating," bitchy female, and on the other hand, the "frothy," cheerful, meaningless drivel in "Sex and the City."

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6-28-2008 8:15 AM

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Lots of food for thought here.

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