Feminism

Rep. Ann Wagner on Media: Conservative Women ‘Fight 3 Times as Hard’
By Katie Yoder | July 16, 2014 | 11:30 AM EDT

It’s the packaging – not the message – that must change for conservatives to reach more women, or so a panel of congresswomen agreed last week. 

Congresswomen attended a Conservative Women’s Panel Discussion on Capitol Hill July 11 and deliberated how to best communicate with women – despite media opposition. During an interview with the MRC at the event, Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) stressed “we can’t count on the media” and that conservative women fight “three times as hard” in order to “have our voices heard.” Continues after video.

Katie Couric Can't Stop Repeating Herself in Commencement Speeches
By Jackie Seal | May 19, 2014 | 5:29 PM EDT

In 2012, CNN host Fareed Zakaria took to the commencement circuit delivering nearly-identical speeches at Harvard and Duke. A New York magazine took notice and wondered if these carbon-copied addresses could serve as “a meta-lesson for the kids on how, unlike in college, people get away with phoning it in once they've reached a certain level of success?”

This year, it’s happening again. This past weekend, Katie Couric delivered her second and final commencement address of the season and rehashed the same laments about supposedly sexist critics who never took her seriously as a journalist. Not one to disappoint, she made sure to re-use her "Latin for testicles" joke.