| Description |
vi, 182 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-182). |
| Summary |
"Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most powerful women in world politics, and the irrational right-wing hatred of Clinton has fed her progressive appeal, helping turn her into a feminist icon. To get a woman in the White House, it's thought, would be an achievement for all women everywhere, a kind of trickle-down feminism. In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, the mantle of feminist elect has descended on Hillary Clinton, as a thousand viral memes applaud her, and most mainstream feminist leaders, thinkers, and organizations endorse her. In this atmosphere, dissent seems tantamount to political betrayal. In False Choices, an all-star lineup of feminists contests this simplistic reading of the candidate. A detailed look at Hillary Clinton's track record on welfare, Wall Street, criminal justice, education, and war reveals that she has advanced laws and policies that have done real harm to the lives of women and children across the country and the globe. This well-researched collection of essays restores to feminism its revolutionary meaning, and outlines how it could transform the United States and its relation to the world. Includes essays from prominent feminist writers Liza Featherstone, Laura Flanders, Moe Tkacik, Medea Benjamin, Frances Fox Piven and Fred Block, Donna Murch, Kathleen Geier, Yasmin Nair, Megan Erickson, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Catherine Liu, Amber A'Lee Frost, Margaret Corvid, Belen Fernandez, Zillah Eisenstein, and others"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Hillary Clinton presents her campaign for the presidency and her long career in public life as a triumph of feminism. But an all-star lineup of American feminists here says, "It's not that simple." In a history of proposals and policies on welfare, Wall Street, crime and policing, immigration, international health, and war, Clinton has advanced ideas and laws that have actually hurt women--and restricted the powerful idea of feminism itself. From leading feminist figures like Laura Flanders, Maureen Tkacik and Medea Benjamin to a new generation of young women writers and thinkers, this book restores to feminism its revolutionary meaning and outlines how truly robust feminist policies could transform the United States and its relation to the world"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Hillary at home: Hillary Clinton, economic populist: Are you fucking kidding me? / Kathleen Geier -- Ending poverty as we know it / Frances Fox Piven and Fred Block -- Free the children! / Amber A'Lee Frost -- Waging war on teachers / Megan Erickson -- Neoliberal fictions: Harper Lee, Hillary Clinton and my dad / Catherine Liu -- The great ambivalence / Tressie McMillan Cottom -- The Clintons' war on drugs: Why black lives didn't matter / Donna Murch -- Marry the state, jail the people: Hillary Clinton and the rise of carceral feminism / Yasmin Nair -- Abortion and the politics of failure / Maureen Tkacik -- Hillary abroad: Hillary screws sex workers / Margaret Corvid -- Hillary does Honduras / Belén Fernández -- Pink-slipping Hillary / Medea Benjamin -- Beyond Hillary: Toward anti-racist, anti-imperialist feminism / Zillah Eisenstein. |
| Subject |
Clinton, Hillary Rodham.
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Feminism -- United States.
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Women's rights -- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Featherstone, Liza, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781784784614 (paperback) |
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1784784613 (paperback) |
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