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Left of Black: FEMINISM DESERVES MORE THAN A ROLL-CALL VOTE
By Mark Anthony Neal
After months of debate, Hillary Clinton's name will be placed in nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO next week, allowing for a roll-call vote. Though the outcome of the roll-call vote is presumably already known--Senator Obama earned a majority of the delegates in May--Clinton supporters have argued that the formal process will allow her supporters some catharsis-emotional release-in light of the senator's history making campaign.
Senator Clinton and her supporters have strongly linked aspects of her campaign to feminist sensibilities. One wonders how those women, whose feminism is pitched to critical issues like poverty, childcare, domestic and sexual violence, inadequate healthcare and inequitable wages, will experience catharsis through a merely symbolic vote?
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Left of Black: FEMINISM DESERVES MORE THAN A ROLL-CALL VOTE
By Mark Anthony Neal
After months of debate, Hillary Clinton's name will be placed in nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO next week, allowing for a roll-call vote. Though the outcome of the roll-call vote is presumably already known--Senator Obama earned a majority of the delegates in May--Clinton supporters have argued that the formal process will allow her supporters some catharsis-emotional release-in light of the senator's history making campaign.
Senator Clinton and her supporters have strongly linked aspects of her campaign to feminist sensibilities. One wonders how those women, whose feminism is pitched to critical issues like poverty, childcare, domestic and sexual violence, inadequate healthcare and inequitable wages, will experience catharsis through a merely symbolic vote?
Read the Full Essay @
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